STRESSING = FRIDAY 26th at 8PM (wrongly stated as Sat 26th, should be FRIDAY 26th) A life-changing workshop : "HOW MEN SUPPORTING WOMENS' WELLBEING SUPPORTS US ALL" Next Friday evening at 8pm (Irish Time=GMT), I will be presenting a live workshop titled "How Men Supporting Womens Wellbeing Supports Us All" ~ in the World's FIRST Online Mens Gathering OMG! ~ A 3-day event with dozens of outstanding presenters. If you agree that Domestic, Sexual and Societal Violence is the scourge of our...

Irish Health Innovator 1 : Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh. (7 May 2019) Dr Cliona Ní Cheallaigh, consultant in general medicine and infectious diseases at Dublin St James Hospital, pioneers a unique programme of inclusion health. This is a dedicated service to tackle health and social inequities among our most vulnerable and socially excluded populations: the homeless, people with substance use disorders, sex workers, and prisoners. A year-long pilot study of Ní Cheallaigh’s programme showed...

In the face of the many crtics and detractors, we salute California who will start screening for ACEs. This will serve the children and general population, as well as advance research and good statistics. #MoveHeartsWinMindsGrowSupport “The fact of screening is also an intervention,” Long said. “Being able to sit in a room with a pediatrician is not going to make those hard experiences go away, but it creates a freedom to talk about some things that are solvable. That’s therapeutic in and of...

Of the 239 posts, 5 have been the favorites: the most-read, most-shared articles. They are each summarized below. Then, below that, I’ve listed my 5 personal favorites. I chose those 5 because I wrote them specially from my heart. From Jonice Webb, Ph.D FULL ARTICLE

This study shows - once again - that it is not essential to begin every project with lengthy and expensive research, when immediate action and intervention is what counts. Thanks to #ACEs, the data is there already : not rocket-science, and no need to re-invent the wheel. [ ... Notwithstanding the small cohort involved, this research adds to the international body of evidence on trauma and substance use, criminality and homelessness . The research highlights the need for health and community...

[ ..... Reframing our cultural understanding of how trauma works is fundamental to creating institutional and personal strategies for healing that truly work ......... While there is a growing awareness in.....workplaces and communities about the prevalence of trauma in both personal and occupational contexts - including with children - a nuanced understanding of healing is still in the early stages..... ] [ ....“There’s tons of people getting trauma-informed out there ..... But people don’t...

There is less fighting among young people in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children, according to a new study of more than 400,000 youth in 88 countries. 2 years ago (Oct 2016) ACEsTooHigh posted "Parenting's troubled history : Why changing family patterns is our most important work" The debate on Banning Corporal Punishment precedes the ACEs movement by at least 20 years, yet receives little attention in our circles. It remains a fundamental element...

Here is a new one for the (sub) list http://neurosciencenews.com/sibling-bullying-psychiatry-8476/

This video acts as a *visual* for the ACEs, and you can find the 35 questions in the text too. Nice one! https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolaharvey/what-is-privilege?utm_term=.bnaV6y88X#.mwag4x22a