"A large body of literature has linked family life difficulties with a range of mental health problems during childhood, adolescence and adulthood, including anxiety, depressive disorders, drug and alcohol misuse and psychosis, as well as other...
Survey: Kids' Environment Plays Big Role In Their Future Health (Texas) http://www.barringerfamilylaw.com/blog/2013/02/survey-kids-environment-plays-big-role-in-their-future-health.shtml Study Links Traumatic Childhood Experience to Poor Adult Health...
Abstract Rationale Child abuse and neglect are universal risk factors for delinquency, violence, and aggression; this phenomenon is known as the cycle of violence. Additional factors—psychopathy, impulsiveness, and disruptions in...
"Educators can prevent much of the sexual misconduct in schools if they know how to recognize and respond to suspicious patterns and if administrators enforce an environment of high expectations for behavior... "While predators are the adults who...
Abstract The literature on the effect of maltreatment has revealed several methodological problems of retrospective studies, such as the validity and stability of retrospective reports, which may be influenced by factors such as one’s mental...
"Robert Listenbee Jr., a long-time champion of reforms in the juvenile justice system, including limiting the detention and incarceration of juveniles, is likely to be the next permanent administrator of the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and...
Abstract Children may be exposed to stressful situations with adverse effects on their physiological and psychological health. As cortisone may be a useful additional biomarker for stress research and as it has been shown to be detectable in human...
"One of the most powerful Catholic leaders in the USA, Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired archbishop of Los Angeles, has been relieved of his public roles for covering up for sexually abusive priests — a role the current archbishop called...
New website sponsored by the Orchard Place. About Trauma Informed Care (TIC) is an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. It emphasizes...
As we all know, growing up in a home with a parent who is an alcoholic or drug addict or who abuses a substance is one of the ACEs that deeply affects a child's future. Nick News aired this video, " Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics: Coping ,"...
"Bill Martin is the executive director of the Waterford Country School, a Connecticut youth shelter that will soon finish the three-year implementation of the CARE Model . He talks about why this particular evidence-based practice has allowed...
ANNOTATION: “This paper explores the prison as a possible site of re-traumatization. The reasoning behind this is that prisons are built on an ethos of power, surveillance and control, yet trauma sufferers require safety in order to begin...
Justice shouldn't expire. Reform the statute of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse. View this gripping documentary to learn why. MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD On HBO in February....
"Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability has received $1.6 million to care for children sufferin from emotional trauma. Abuse, neglect, witnessing violence, injuries; these traumatic events can scar children...
"Reaching the highest risk children. It is estimated that 108,000 of Oregon ’s children ages 0-6 are at risk of not being ready for kindergarten due to poverty, adverse childhood experiences , and other well-researched risk factors. Hubs must...