January 2021

There can be no doubt that the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder are life-altering and debilitating. In this article, we begin a series outlining the symptoms of CPTSD a few at a time to help bring understanding that the world is correct, complex post-traumatic stress disorder is important and should be included in the DSM’s next iteration so that providers of mental health services can better diagnose and treat it.

BERKELEY, CA (January 14, 2021) - Young people, especially in these times, can be stressed and anxious. Are you seeing this in the youth you serve? What about those youth who have experienced prior trauma or ACEs? Would building resilience skills help them? The Dibble Institute is pleased to announce Mind Matters Minutes , a free, virtual self-regulation series, created especially for today’s youth. Mind Matters Minutes provide teachers and youth workers with nine no-cost short video...

SAVE THE DATE - JANUARY 2021 WEBINAR "ACEs Aware Network of Care " Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Noon – 1 p.m. Register for the Webinar This webinar will include a discussion and concrete example of a trauma-informed network of care , a group of interdisciplinary health, education, and human service professionals, community members, and organizations that support adults, children, and families by providing access to evidence-based “buffering” resources and supports that help to prevent, treat,...

Over the summer, housemates Thelma and Dave enjoyed distanced, masked socializing on their patio with family members. Thelma was growing zinnias and marigolds in raised planter beds, while Dave could often be found scooting around the trails surrounding their wood-framed home in Washington’s breathtaking Methow Valley. While many other residents of elder-care homes found themselves confined to their rooms by COVID-19, the ones at Jamie’s Place could continue enjoying many of the small...

By Christina M. Padilla and Dana Thomson, Child Trends, January 13, 2021 During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of families experiencing hardships across the country has risen dramatically, with a disproportionate impact on Latino* and Black communities. Twenty-nine percent of Latino and 31 percent of Black households with children are experiencing three or more co-occurring economic and health-related hardships as a result of the pandemic, according to recent data. This is nearly twice...

By Eric Maisel, The Good Men Project, January 7, 2021 We live in an age of physical complaints whose exact biological, organic, or “disease” causes are often hard to pin down. To say that many of them may have to do with prior or current trauma isn’t to say that they are psychosomatic or psychological in nature. Rather, that’s to say that trauma, stress , and psychological wounding naturally, logically—and often severely—play themselves out in the body. No one doubts that there is a...

By Neil Shaw, SomersetLive, January 13, 2021 Children who are smacked at a young age are more likely to suffer from poor mental health and have behavioural problems through to their teenage years, according to a study. Those who experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as smacking and harsh parenting, had poorer outcomes than those who did not, the study led by UCL researchers found. Authors believe the research adds to calls for children in England to be provided with legal...

Hello Dear Community Members, I have come across a wonderful, simple to the fact 9 minute youTube clip I feel is important to share with our community: it is about the relation between childhood trauma and substance use disorder (SUD). ( Click this link to see the youTube clip ). Dr. Gabor Mate is a renowned expert physician in the SUD field: Click to learn more about Dr. Mate's work . Please leave your comment on the blog, I would like your feedback. Severine

Greetings Community Members! Here is this month’s recording: https://baymark.zoom.us/rec/share/L4kIHCu1ATCH-X0YHP83oFvcVVMESpKMsntDDIpCN-D0HvdbkdXDdFKrmyGe-mgW.zT-SvOIZKS8431dn I am looking forward to seeing you next month on the second Tuesday at 3:00pm! In health and fitness, Severine Hollingsworth

By Tim O'Shei, Center for Health Journalism, December 28, 2020 The Buffalo News Monday, December 28, 2020 K uresha Noor’s life appeared to be in a good place. She had a job working with refugees, and she could relate to their aspirations and fears, because she, too, had come to Buffalo to seek refuge. After a long journey here, fleeing her home country of Somalia and spending several years in a Ugandan refugee camp, Noor had a career, a home, a direction. She spoke with a sense of resolve...

By Jeremy Loudenback, The Imprint, January 7, 2021 For Pari Lucero , the path to escaping addiction and domestic violence started in a dependency courtroom three days after she gave birth to her daughter Beth. Wearing a new dress, she listened with dread that day in 2006, as a lawyer for Los Angeles County pushed to remove her children after she tested positive for drugs at the hospital. When the judge agreed, a dazed Lucero watched as three of her children — including her newborn — were...

By Alison Bowen and Lauren Rodriguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, December 8, 2020 When Jessica Desarden, 32, became a mother seven years ago, one of her concerns was finding the appropriate day care to look after her children when she went back to work. Desarden, a nurse living in the Belmont Cragin area, said she quickly realized there were not many child care centers near her home. “Good child care that’s affordable is not very easily found around here,” she said on a recent weeknight after...