Attachment and Self-Regulation as a Public Health Intervention
At a recent Youth Suicide Prevention Brainstorm, someone asked me what I would do with a $1 million dollars. I quickly responded that I would create a public health campaign that taught self-regulation and attachment across the lifespan from pre-school on.
Can you imagine? Just like everyone knows that a cold does not need antibiotic treatment. Just like we know to cover our sneezes. Or wash our hands prevents the spread of germs.
Can you imagine?
If EVERYONE was competent in
- The impact of trauma and ACEs
- Attachment
- Self-awareness-biological, psychogical, social and spiritual
- Self-regulation Skills
- Advocating for self and others
If this was taught in preschool? Elementary school? Middle and high schools? If all the adults-educators, parents, providers, police, policy makers-EVERYONE understood these basic foundations?
Can you imagine the impact on suicide rates? If people knew how to self-regulate or to seek help? What would the psychiatric inpatient units look like? I know there would still be people with needs, but I the numbers would decrease.
What do you think? I think it would be a million dollars well spent.
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