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By Shona Elliot, Edinburgh Evening News, January 30, 2021 Shocking statistics released by the National Records of Scotland In December revealed that drug related deaths in the Lothians had risen from a previous high of 152 in 2018 to a new record of 155 in 2019. Across Scotland, drug related deaths have increased by six per cent compared to the previous year, the highest death rate in Europe and three and a half times higher than that of the UK as a whole. Leading figures from the recovery...

02/4/2021 TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy, Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, First Lady Tammy Murphy, and New Jersey Department of Children and Families Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer today launched New Jersey’s first Adverse Childhood Experiences Action Plan, a comprehensive statewide strategy to prevent and reduce childhood trauma and adversity. The action plan outlines several initiatives to identify, coordinate, and advance programs and services across state government to reduce and...

These are the requests for Advancing Parenting's bumper stickers that came in just this morning. No stickers will be printed and none will be shipped because we have no funding! This is appalling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Visit www.advancingparenting.org. Greetings David, Thank you for sharing the free ACES prevention resource during today’s Zero to Three Infant and Toddler Session 2 webinar. The members in our community, parents in our Circle of Parents, and Triple-P groups could benefit from...

Specifically designed for those working in trauma-exposed workplaces- next series starts in March. Looking for ways to increase your leader ship skills? Struggling with challenges brought about by the current pandemic? This five part training series provides concrete skills and strategies and creates a peer community for you to be able to share both your strengths and challenges with! https://www.tendacademy.ca/product/compassionateleadership/

Amanda Winn, MSW, 2/4/21, positiveexperience.org/blog Throughout Black History Month (which, as Angela Davis reminds us, should be every month, since Black history IS American history), the team at HOPE will be lifting up the achievements of Black people in the fields of public health, education, and child welfare. We’ll be looking at HOPE’s origins and reflecting on the important groundwork that was laid by Black scientists, doctors, social workers, and activists. As a team, though, we felt...

Is your life stressful? In this consolidated version of what Dr. Gentry calls "Tools for Hope" you'll learn the true source of you stress why you feel so scared/overwhelmed/exhausted how to feel better immediately without your environment changing

New Jersey’s first Adverse Childhood Experiences Action Plan will be launched by Governor Phil Murphy today, Feb. 4, at noon EST along with Tammy Murphy , Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver , and New Jersey Department of Children and Families Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer on Facebook Live. ACEs Connection will cover the launch and will share the plan. It also will be available on NJ Resilience Coalition community on ACEs Connection. The plan (attached) was made available at noon, Feb. 4.

Our bodies are wired for survival, thanks to our biological stress response system. However, without buffering protections, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), like neglect and abuse, can lead to a toxic stress response. Toxic stress response is a dysregulated biological stress response and subsequent changes in other biological and physiological functions. ACEs and the toxic stress response are associated with some of the most common, costly, and serious health conditions. Fortunately, we...

Original Investigation February 3, 2021 Trends in US Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health, Overdose, and Violence Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Kristin M. Holland, PhD, MPH 1 ; Christopher Jones, PharmD, DrPH, MPH 1 ; Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, PhD, MPH 1 ; et al Nimi Idaikkadar, MPH 1 ; Marissa Zwald, PhD 1,2 ; Brooke Hoots, PhD 1,2 ; Ellen Yard, PhD 1,2 ; Ashley D’Inverno, PhD 1 ; Elizabeth Swedo, MD 1 ; May S. Chen, PhD 1 ; Emiko Petrosky, MD 1,2 ; Amy Board, PhD...

With the advent of the #MeToo movement, the public has been forced to examine the horrific tragedy of women suffering at the hands of sexual predators. We have learned through marches and very public testimony of the damage women receive when their boundaries and dignity as human beings is violated. However, there is another group of people who, because of societal restraints, suffer the same fate, only in silence. That group consists of men. In a study published by Muenzenmaier, et.al. 1 ,...

From The National Traumatic Stress Network, February 2021 Resource Description Provides information to parents and caregivers about how to support children after the U.S. Capitol Attack. This fact sheet offers guidance on understanding media exposure, the potential impact of this event on children and families, what parents and caregivers can do to help, and what to do if your family was a part of the event. Published in 2021 [ Please click here to download the resource .]

By Luisa N. Borrell, Jennifer R. Elhawary, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, et al., New England Journal of Medicine, February 4, 2020 In the United States, race, ancestry, genetics, and medicine are inextricably linked in a complex and fraught history. Medicine is replete with examples of racial injustice inflicted by the use of race and ethnicity as biologic constructs to engender hierarchical discrimination. Race and ethnicity are dynamic, shaped by geographic, cultural, and sociopolitical forces;...