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Re: Investment in a social pediatrics initiative

Denise Connors · 7/9/181:08 PM

http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb...se.2018.06.0856.html

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How a Dysfunctional Family Functions Like a Cult Published (www.www.icsahome.com)

Elizabeth Perry · 1/22/197:35 AM

Jose Fernando Aguado writes: In my clinical practice, I often see how dysfunctional families cause pain to their members, and it is my opinion that the cult perspective can help explain certain aspects of what these families go through. I start with a working definition of a dysfunctional family and note some broad areas of relationship between dysfunctional families and cults.

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Investment in a social pediatrics initiative

Denise Connors · 6/29/186:32 AM

MONCTON (GNB) – The provincial government is investing $350,000 in the establishment of a social pediatrics demonstration site. “Social pediatrics promotes a multisectoral, interdisciplinary approach that takes into account the 12 determinants of health simultaneously to meet a variety of needs of children and their families,” said Health Minister Benoît Bourque. The demonstration site will be located in Memramcook and the services will be offered to vulnerable children from families in...

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New Peer Support Group Successes and Challenges

Elizabeth Perry · 7/9/185:13 AM

I started a weekly peer support group for women survivors of trauma in April 2018. It took a few weeks to get any uptake on the offer. In the beginning a few people who knew me trickled in to provide some encouragement. Some people working at the center that eventually agreed to give me access to a room to host the event, told me that if people got the sense that I was in it for the long haul, they would then start taking me up on my offer. I was determined to persist, so I stuck it out even...

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One state. One year. (Partial) Cost of ACEs = $5.2 billion.

Jane Stevens · 2/8/199:26 AM

In looking at the impact of childhood trauma, you can’t get much clearer than this: In 2017, ACEs among Tennessee adults led to an estimated $5.2 billion in direct medical costs and lost productivity from employees missing work. That’s just one year, according to the new report, “ The Economic Cost of ACEs in Tennessee ," released on Feb. 1, 2019 by The Sycamore Institute in Nashville, Tenn. And to provide some perspective, $5.2 billion is one-seventh of the state’s annual budget . This $5.2...

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