"The Real Warriors Campaign is designed to create awareness about resources available to service members for psychological health care, and to create more understanding of the obstacles service members face. "Numerous studies indicate that service...
"Bad experiences enhance memory formation about places, scientists at The University of Queensland have found.... "This heightened recall occurs automatically, without people even being aware that the negative imagery is affecting their memories,"...
"A report , published today by the Mental Health Foundation sets out some key messages as to what mental health services need to do in order to ensure that they are ready to address the mental health needs of the UK population in 20-30 years' time....
'Open' prisons, in which detainees are allowed to live like regular citizens, should be a model for the U.S. ...Yet inside the four high-security prisons I’ve visited in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, common areas included...
Paladin Academy (PA) is a public charter high school located in Minnesota. The school has been in operation for ten years. Since the school's inception, the program has drawn students for whom other educational programs have been unsuccessful....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWik2Hr5Scc From "5 Ways Yoga is Changing the World" an article that includes two more yoga stories from around the world. I found the videos very inspiring. ...
When we're hurting, we all want and need those closest to us to "get it," but please take comfort from the statistic that it usually does not happen that way. Why? Therapist and scholar Jack Kornfield says, "Even Buddha and Jesus had a lot...
"Led by Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) President Dr. Darla Spence Coffey, about 160 social workers were enthusiastically welcomed into the historic Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building today for a White House briefing for social...
[Press Release] "The effects of childhood abuse and lack of parental affection can last a lifetime, taking a toll both emotionally and physically. "There are many reports assessing the psychological damage resulting from childhood abuse, and the effects on physical health have also been well documented. For instance, this "toxic" stress has been linked to elevated cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and other physical conditions posing a significant health risk. The...
" The Fortune Society’s innovative approach to addressing the problem of criminal justice-involved clients with mental illness not engaging in treatment was to create the Better Living Center (BLC) in July 2011 in Queens, NY. The BLC is the...
"THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE IS A FEATURE documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs...." Homepage: http://manyfaces1voice.org/
"The collaboration is intended to reunite and stabilize family units through the provision of suitable intensive treatment and intervention for families who have had their children removed as a result of substance abuse or when it has been determined...
" Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed Senate Bill 528, a bill that mandates the collection of data about pregnant and parenting foster youths in state. "The bill will lead to the first true accounting of how many pregnant and...
NCD Child , an international organization whose goal is to put children, adolescents and youth on the global non- communicable disease agenda, published the issues paper Young People, NCDs and Disability: Maximising Capacity...