Abstract The deleterious impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be confounded with frequently co-occurring social disadvantage. In this analysis we test the effects of ACEs on adult mental health within a social disadvantage framework,...
"Parents who physically abuse their children appear to have a physiological response that subsequently triggers more harsh parenting when they attempt parenting in warm, positive ways, according to new research. "Reporting in the quarterly journal...
"The analysis of data from more than 4,500 parents and their teen children in the United Kingdom also found that the risk of depression was higher among the children of mothers with low levels of education who had depression after giving...
[MUST-READ: How the law enforcement system retraumatizes and sometimes kills people who have ACEs/PTSD.] "The psychiatrist and former soldier who was treating Greg Matters for post-traumatic stress disorder asked RCMP if he could speak to the former peacekeeper as he was surrounded by heavily armed police officers at his rural British Columbia farm, a coroner's inquest into his death heard Wednesday. Dr. Greg Passey said he received a call the evening of Sept. 10, 2012, from an officer...
"Poland’s most senior Catholic cleric said children with divorced parents were sometimes more vulnerable to sexual abuse by priests, remarks that prompted a storm of outrage though the church later said it was a slip of the tongue. "The comments...
"A recently published study suggests that exposure to social stress not only impairs a mother's ability to care for her children but can also negatively impact her daughter's ability to provide maternal care to future offspring. "Researchers at the...
"The government has a duty to protect prisoners from harm. "It also has a duty to protect people who have been involuntarily committed for mental health treatment. "Yet that same duty doesn’t apply to the government when it comes to protecting...
"Adults who were maltreated as children are more likely than adults who were not maltreated to develop psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety and substance abuse. Based on a review of the literature examining maltreatment as a risk...
"Ford and colleagues emphasize that although complex trauma is associated with aggression, such behavior is typically reactive—that is, centered on coping or protection of self or others—to extremely stressful and threatening environments...
"The free, anonymous app was released in September to help victims and their families. "The 20 questions are from an instrument I developed called the danger assessment," explained Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, who created the 20 questions ...
"As Northwest Venture Philanthropy, the father/daughter duo has attracted financial resources and also notable political and business leaders to their board of directors. “We are looking for individuals that want to help guide the...
"In order to be truly successful, there are things kids need to know that go BEYOND the curriculum. How can students learn to be fully developed citizens and human beings, able to function not only from an intellectual perspective (which can be...
"Last year there were 6818 requests for shelter from domestic violence victims that went unmet by domestic violence service organizations on a single day in 2012. SafeNight , a mobile app, wants to change that...
Abstract This slide presentation shares information on the incidence and health consequences of child maltreatment. The influence of child maltreatment from birth through death is explained, including social, emotional, and cognitive impairments,...