This study was co-authored by AC members Dr. Robert Anda and Dr. Vincent Felitti. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including abuse, neglect, and forms of household dysfunction, to the risk of...
"Teacher well-being, efficacy, burnout-related stress, time-related stress and mindfulness significantly improve when teachers participate in the CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) for Teachers program, according to Penn State...
"Town of Dickinson, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Law enforcement from across the state joined together at the Broome County Sheriff's Office to learn how to cope with traumatic experiences on the job. "Thursday was the final day of a two-day training seminar...
If one is over 26 years old and had major surgery as an infant, that surgery was probably done without pain control. Over a million living survivors in this country are living lives of quiet desperation without a hint of the brutal trauma that caused...
"The purpose of the Mental Health Transformation Grant (MHTG) program is to foster adoption and implementation of permanent transformative changes in how public mental health services are organized, managed, and delivered so that they are...
"This afternoon on the Hill a 24-year-old college student and sex trafficking survivor, Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker Pettigrew, shared her experiences growing up in the U.S., where she was used for money in the foster care system and...
"Something Terrible is the story of Trippe’s childhood sexual abuse and painful struggle with its psychological aftermath. Though the comic itself is sparsely scripted and free of gory details, Trippe provides an afterword that relates the hard...
"As part a national effort to create a more effective child welfare system, Waseca County Human Services will offer more trauma-based services to adolescents and families who have suffered abuse and violence.... "The tools to do so will be provided by...
"Data culled from a six-year study of 2,400 children, teens and young adults found emotional and behavioral symptoms such as anxiety, depression, lying and aggressive behavior are closely connected to poor housing quality and the related stress...
"RW: In many ways, male socialization is anathema to the treatment experience. Could you talk a little about the ways in which men are raised and why that’s so contrary to the process of emotional and psychological healing? "DG: This dichotomy...
"Obviously, keeping violent offenders away from potential victims is one goal, and retribution or punishment is another, but beyond that, is the jail a warehouse or is it a place of rehabilitation?... " So, according to science, what does work? ......
"Soldiers are not the only sad victims of trauma. Other victims are in our midst, but not necessarily in our awareness. They are the children who have been abused or neglected. They are the unlucky ones caught up in environments of domestic violence,...
"Any child can experience abuse or neglect, and if these issues are not addressed, according to one expert, their health and well-being later in life will suffer. " Dr. Vincent Felitti shared his research Tuesday at the Child and Youth Behavioral...
"Music therapy (MT) has been shown to be efficacious for mental health care clients with various disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and substance abuse . Referral to MT in clinical practice is often based on other factors than diagnosis.......