"Among Kelly Cameron’s childhood memories is the image of her stepfather pressing a gun to the heads of her toddler sisters. "That’s how he tried to keep her mother from leaving him. He threatened to kill two girls, ages 2 and 3.... "Jay...
EightArizonaPBS webpage on ACEs. " Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) can last a lifetime, but they don't have to. Early exposure to family violence, abusive treatment, neglect, alcohol and drug abuse, or separated/divorced parents can lead to...
More than 200 people will gather in the studios of the local PBS station in Phoenix next Tuesday to attend "Creating Safe Environments -- Advocacy, Prevention, and Support for Children in Arizona". And, if you're not one of those 200,...
If we can help parents and children through simple educational programs in schools, PTA newsletters and the like understand the impacts of secondhand drinking | drugging, we just may be able to help a child avoid developing the brain changes...
Abstract: We examined the prevalence of childhood (≤18 years) physical and sexual abuse reported among patients admitted to the psychiatric inpatient service and the differential rates of this abuse associated with psychiatric diagnoses. This study...
"It's rare for children in the United States aged 10 to 12 to be sexually active, especially on a voluntary basis, a new study finds. However, almost one in five teens has had sex before age 15, and 16,000 girls under 15 get pregnant each year.......
"The article, published online today by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, summarizes the results of a systematic review of clinical interventions for adults exposed to at least one traumatic event such as war, a natural or manmade disaster,...
"The study, which followed almost 3,500 children from age four through to 11, found boys with an onset of puberty by eight to nine years of age had greater behavioural difficulties and poorer emotional and social adjustment from early childhood (four...
"The W.K. Kellogg Foundation commissioned the National Voices Project to facilitate a five year study to gauge opportunities available for children and teens at the local level in communities across the U.S. Officials at the National Voices Project...
"Psychological scientist Susan Charles of the University of California, Irvine and colleagues conducted the study in order to answer a long-standing question: Do daily emotional experiences add up to make the straw that breaks the camel's back, or do...
"Every year, more than 1 million children are exposed to sexual or physical abuse or neglect in the United States. 1 Childhood physical or sexual abuse is associated with adult health problems, including somatic symptoms and medical symptoms, such as...
"A civil rights conference in Springfield explores the physical toll social injustice takes on its victims... " H ow do stress and trauma affect our physical health? Quite a lot, according to long-term research by the Centers for Disease Control and...
"Evidence continues to grow that trauma like abuse, neglect and witnessing violence at an early age rewires children’s brains and thus adversely affects their mental health going forward, helping to explain the “reactive aggression”...
"With recent incidents of domestic violence escalating and murder-suicide making local headlines, it raises questions. How do our court and mental health systems keep missing the very troubled?... "Why do we downplay violent behaviors in domestic...
"April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Learn more about preventing it in your community.... "Child Maltreatment (CM) is a significant public health problem in the United States. According to Child Protective Service agencies, more than...