"Recent studies linking bullying and depression, coupled with extensive media coverage of bullying-related suicide among young people, led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assemble an expert panel to focus on these issues. This...
" Pediatricians reach the vast majority of American children; parents look to them for reassurance, guidance, expertise and the ability to recognize and understand when things are off track. Their relationships with families give them the opportunity...
Presentation from the The Wyoming Office of the Attorney General Division of Victim Services. http://victimservices.wyoming.gov/Documents/SANE/Trauma%20Informed%20Care%20in%20Sexual%20Assault%20Nursing%20Practice.ppt This resource has been...
"The Information Brief is designed to be used alongside the other elements of the Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health [ forthcoming ] and provides data and information to help community conversations participants consider key issues of importance to their communities. The Information Brief follows the format of the Discussion Guide section of the Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health and has the following sections: Opening Question: What does...
"One in four people who survive a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within the first year post-event, and one in nine experience chronic PTSD more than a year later. The data...
http://www.sprc.org/library_resources/items/preventing-suicidal-behavior-among-youth-foster-care A national prevention strategy for youth, this page provides information, data, resources and references for anyone specifically interested in helping...
Once a week, York Middle School (in York, Maine) counselor Wendy Porelle meets with fifth-grade girls to write about 60 notes with positive messages. Caitlin Boyle, 29, of North Carolina, started the Post-it Notes campaign to transform how girls ages...
The work of ACEsConnection member Robin Saenger and the community of Tarpon Springs is featuring in the July edition. When she began looking at these community challenges, a pattern of trauma kept surfacing. She began researching...
"The teen father of three recalls partying a lot, but also sadly seeing three friends gunned down in three years on the same street corner. "I'll do anything to stay alive for my kids. Due to all this violence out here, I'd rather be safe than sorry,"...
"That disconnect between best intentions and harsh reality was apparent when members of West Linn ’s Willamette Christian Church visited DHS last spring as part of the Portland Leadership Foundation’s Embrace Oregon project. They wanted...
"The American Medical Association has officially recognized obesity as a disease, a move that could induce physicians to pay more attention to the condition and spur more insurers to pay for treatments. "In...
"Less than 50 percent of students in foster care earn a high school diploma, leaving them few opportunities for jobs that pay a living wage. "However, a program in Elk Grove Unified School District in the Sacramento area is improving the odds for...
"The 31-year-old, who is originally from Purley in Surrey, said: "Mental health needs in refugee camps are getting some attention from aid agencies but parenting needs have not really been looked at in detail before - even though it's known how...
"School refusal, frequent displays of irritability, sudden drop in grades, difficulty sleeping and unexplained bouts of crying could also be your child’s silent call for help. "Spend time with your child and listen to him/her in order to better...