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A must read in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times , “Status and Stress,” by Moises Velasquez-Manoff, describes how the long-term health effects of stress are even more toxic when hopelessness is also experienced.  The...

In a recent NPR interview about mental illness the following was revealed:   “ Psychiatrist [Harold] Schwartz has been a part of the conversation about Connecticut 's mental health system that has gained new urgency since the school shootings in Newtown . He says a lot of attention is now being paid to identifying young people with emotional struggles who need help, but when it comes to helping people like Bell [a 54-year old man who eventually committed suicide] homeless,...

"As the children grew, the researchers did many evaluations to tease out environmental factors that could be affecting their development. On the upside, they found that children being raised in a nurturing home - measured by such factors as caregiver...

“The quality of a child’s relationship with its parent will be influenced by the amount of stress the parent’s under, so if the parent is dealing with domestic violence, homelessness, poverty then their resources for creating a...

When the co-parental relationship is not supportive, children suffer. For example, husbands who show little warmth or are abusive towards their wives, have wives who are more likely to feel emotionally drained, irritable, and distracted. This...

"Even the most resilient asylum seekers who spend more than six months in detention risk mental illness, new research has found. "The deterioration in mental health came despite detainees being reasonably well cared for with regard to basic needs...

[must-listen] " Today, Marcelle talks to Dr. Vincent Felitti about his groundbreaking work on the ACE Study . Listen in to hear about the ongoing effects of the 10 categories of childhood experiences that were studied on adult well-being, health, and social function a half-century later. ..." http://www.hayhouseradio.com/s...ails.php?show_id=346 # Direct link to interview: http://bit.ly/1bWJbO5 Reference was made to Raz Ingrasci of The Hoffman Institute Foundaton  in San Rafael,...

"The SHIFT (Service and Housing Interventions for Families in Transition) Longitudinal Study examined long-term outcomes for families entering shelters, transitional housing programs, and permanent supportive housing programs over a 30-month period....

"At the July All Staff meeting,  Angela Nickell, CEO explained that Pomegranate Health Systems  would soon be introducing training by professional trainer/s from the Risking Connection Program from the Sidran Institute, as an outgrowth of...

Abstract Exposure to early life stress may profoundly influence the developing brain in lasting ways. Neuropsychiatric disorders associated with early life adversity may involve neural changes reflected in EEG power as a measure of brain activity and...

This chapter argues that there is a link between animal cruelty and physical abuse of humans and advocates for focusing on the link between the two behavioral patterns. I suggest that the law may capitalize upon this link to better address the...

"The Domestic Violence Intervention Program of Iowa City announced Tuesday it is expanding services for victims of intimate partner violence to include nine counties in southeast Iowa.... "CVAD [Crime Victim Assistance Division], in response to significant funding cuts for victim services over the past decade, developed a plan to regionalize services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.  Six regions were developed in the state, with competitive...