Resilient Wisconsin Trauma-Informed News and Notes for August 2020

Moving prevention upstream Visit the Resilient Wisconsin website to find out how the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is using upstream prevention strategies to address the root causes of trauma and build resilience in communities across Wisconsin.

ACEs, adversity's impact 

• Adverse childhood experiences and decreased renal function: Impact on all cause mortality in US Adults
• Child sex abuse survivors are five times more likely to be the victims of sexual assault later in life
• Mental health in the workplace: ACEs role
• Rape victims say face masks trigger horrific flashbacks of being smothered or choked
• Fewer black teens seek treatment for depression, mental health issues than white counterparts
• Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster
• Adverse experiences more common among children raised by grandparents
• Child sexual abuse: The hidden pandemic we must confront
• Strong relationships in adulthood won't 'fix' effects of early childhood adversity
• Will you screen for child sexual abuse in the office?

Brain and biology

• Identifying brain connectivity changes in combat veterans with PTSD
• Trauma in fibromyalgia and clinical manifestations: The role of anxiety in the relationship between post-traumatic stress symptoms and fibromyalgia status
• How play energizes your kid's brain
• Why the dean of early childhood experts wants to get beyond the brain

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

• Why does the legal system re traumatize victims? Trauma-informed care is needed
• At-risk youth learn new life skills through healing and emotional literacy
• Vicarious trauma in jurors: Our civic duty's emotional impact

Posttraumatic stress disorder

• Traditional PTSD therapy does not trigger drug relapse
• Pandemic PTSD: Health professionals say coronavirus stress is causing concerning symptoms
• Sexual assault, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and indices of aggression among women
• Study pinpoints five most likely causes of post-traumatic stress in police officers

Resilience

• Focus on these 5 core principles to improve your resilience
• How leaders can encourage post-traumatic growth
• Social connection is the strongest protective factor for depression

Schools

• The teaching that works for traumatized students
• As schools reopen, addressing COVID - 19-related trauma and related mental health issues will take more than mental health services
• First things first: Trauma sensitivity before initiatives
• Q&A: Mental health expert talks emotional well-being, building resiliency for the 2020-21 school year
• Navigating cyberbullying more difficult amid COVID-19, but there are options

Substance use disorder

• The effects of prolonged exposure on substance use in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders
• AI to help identify homeless youth at substance abuse risk

Trainings

• Virtual conference: Prevent Suicide Wisconsin annual conference
• Free webinar: Guiding traumatized families through COVID-19 transitions
• Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Informed Care - 2-PART VIRTUAL SESSION
• Advanced Trauma Informed Care 8-PART VIRTUAL SERIES 
• Compassion Curve virtual gathering
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Networking Meeting
• Trauma Informed Care Infused With Deaf Culture

Trauma-informed care

• A trauma-informed approach to library services
• Play therapy can help kids speak the unspeakable
• Toolkit: Trauma-Informed, Recovery-Oriented System of Care
• Elder abuse: Groundbreaking research identifies suspicious injury patterns
• Upcoming Virtual Event: Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health Youth listening session
• Quick Tip: How to be a trauma-informed administrator amid COVID-19