"Children suffering from psychological trauma will be receiving help through a new grant issued this month to the behavioral health service area at the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center.
"Provided through the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the grant of $400,000 per year for four years is one of 52 awarded across the country. With an emphasis of assisting children of military families, the program is expected to be self-sustaining after four years....
"There is increasing scientific consensus that the origins of adult disease are often the result of early adverse experiences being expressed years later in the form of disease. Caputa said unaddressed trauma increases the risk of mental and substance abuse disorders, as well as risk of chronic diseases and early death...."
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