A bstract Parental addictions have been associated with adult children’s depression in several clinical and population-based studies. However, these studies have not examined if gender differences exist nor have they controlled for a range of...
"VAWA was not only meant to address domestic violence, he said, but also to bring about a cultural change about how women should be treated. Biden said the reason it's so hard for abused women to leave home and get help is because of the...
"Abuse during childhood is different. A study of adult civilians with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has shown that individuals with a history of childhood abuse have distinct, profound changes in gene activity patterns, compared to adults with...
"Children in New Haven experience high numbers of ACE events. One recent pilot program administered ACE screenings to the 176 member kindergarten class at Strong School in New Haven. The results were astonishing. 90% of Kindergarteners reported...
Abstract This study examined whether young adults with documented histories of child maltreatment had higher records of documented severe intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration than an income-matched control group. It also examined whether...
"In a Viewpoint article in JAMA, pediatric leaders call for a renewed commitment to child health research through innovative strategies, unique partnerships, creative use of emerging technologies, enhanced training of child health researchers, a...
"After more than two hours of often-rancorous discussion, City Council agreed to separate the zero-tolerance issue from the legislation and deal with it separately after it can be discussed by women's groups. "The other bills, which would...
Executive Summary Evaluating the effectiveness of maternal and child home visitation programs can be challenging. The complexity of program models, coupled with considerations of real-world program implementation, requires thoughtful and flexible...
"Policymakers, researchers, and high-profile advocates from across the nation convened at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health today to address the needs of child sex trafficking survivors in the United States. The first-of-its-kind...
"As child sex traffickers are increasingly relying on Internet and mobile tools to ply their trade, child advocates and police must use new Internet and data mining tools to combat the illicit market, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park said at a...
"A team of researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that dual parenting may be more...
"Many believe that PTSD is a disorder that exclusively affects war veterans; however, professionals like Licensed Master Social Worker, Margaret Howard , have learned that many survivors of human trafficking have undiagnosed PTSD...
My first exposure to the ACE Study came in the fall of 2002, when I attended the annual conference for the group now known as The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. One of the plenary speakers was Dr. Robert Anda, whose...