Can't Run from a Broken Heart
If it's broken, gotta feel it to heal it. "You can't forgive (or accept) a feeling you haven't felt." - Grief Recovery Handbook See: What's wrong with keeping busy? http://ow.ly/p1Xdm
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Are we really achieving the American Dream?
A recent report called Achieving The American Dream , released by The Burghard Group, Montana ranks as the #1 state in which to live the “American Dream’. To this, I say, Really? If Montana is the #1 state in which...
Chronic aggressive behavior in boys: Epigenetic sources? - full text
"Chronic aggressive behaviour exhibited by some boys from disadvantaged families may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy and early childhood. " Epigenetic changes possibly related to the prenatal environment In the first study, published in...
The NOLA FOR LIFE PLAYbook: Promoting Life for All Youth - New Orleans, Louisiana
"A Strategic Plan to Prevent Youth Violence in New Orleans." " EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Supported by the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, the NOLA FOR LIFE PLAYbook: Promoting Life for all Youth is a strategic plan for action to prevent youth...
Tri-Agency Letter on Trauma-Informed Treatment
“This guidance letter is intended to encourage the integrated use of trauma-focused screening, functional assessments and evidence-based practices (EBPs) in child-serving settings for the purpose of improving child well-being. The Department of...
When your symptoms don't tell the whole story (8 min)
"There’s an emerging idea in health care that social and psychological conditions -- like poverty and chronic stress -- change how your body and brain work, and that can have damaging long-term effects on your health. "Doctors and nurses from...
Intergenerational Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) - SlideShare
By: Jennifer Parker, Ph.D, LPC, USC Upstate & Shauna Galloway-Williams, M.Ed., LPC, Julie Valentine Center http://www.slideshare.net/Chil...l-csachildrens-trust Short on time? Use our Category Search page.
Partnership helps domestic violence victims and their pets - KENTUCKY
[TRIGGER WARNING] "I think a lot of folks only get the top layers of what happens," said Marta Miranda, President and CEO of The Center for Women and Families. After nearly 40 years of working with victims of domestic violence, Miranda says has seen some things that would make you cry. "We have had dogs with throats cut, dogs killed," Miranda said.... "That's why The Center for Women and Families and the Kentucky Humane Society created the Safe Haven Program. "We keep the pet...
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS $8 MILLION TO SIX COMMUNITIES TO REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE
"Today the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced grant awards totaling more than $8 million to reduce youth violence and gang activity in six communities across the country....
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Smoking, Nebraska, 2011 - full text
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Smoking is a public health risk; the prevalence of smoking among adults in Nebraska is 18.4%. Studies indicate that maltreatment of children alters their brain development, possibly increasing risk for tobacco use. Previous...
Partner Violence Linked to Specific Drinking Environments - full text
"Researchers have long known that violence toward spouses and partners increases with the frequency and volume of drinking. A study published today in the scientific journal Addiction shows that the context in which drinking occurs also appears...
What the Affordable Care Act Means for K-12 Schools
"The Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010, has far-reaching implications for America’s youth and strives to support their health through a range of programs and provisions. The Act supports three health strategies that are directly...
Why the poor don't work, according to the poor
From AtlanticCities.com: Each year, the [Census] bureau asks jobless Americans they've been out of work. And traditionally, a only a small percentage of impoverished adults actually say it's because they can't find employment...In 2007, for instance, 6.4 percent of adults who lived under the poverty line and didn't work in the past year said it was because they couldn't find a job. As of 2012, it had more than doubled, leaving it at a still-small 13.5 percent. By...
New Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Pay-for-Performance Incentive Programs
"RWJF Investigator tests impact of incentives for clinicians, and draws conclusions with implications for health reform. "...Two new studies by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Investigator Award in Health Policy Research recipient R. Adams...
Suicide Crisis: PTSD Won't Wait - United Kingdom
"The waiting times for talking therapies are a cause for concern in Gloucestershire. "There are two main routes to psychological therapy within Gloucestershire - the IAPT Let's Talk service and the Psychological Therapies Service (PTS)....