November 2023

By Brendan Chen, Photo: Prasit/Getty Images, Housing Matters, November 29, 2023 In spring 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, students across the country experienced a drastic shift in their schooling as classes were first paused, then cancelled, and eventually moved to online or remote formats. In the following school year, students experienced a range of instruction methods . Some students stayed fully remote, some returned to in-person classes, and others experienced hybrid learning,...

Jeramie Naya Vives Osorio’s mother gazes into a mirror above her altar. Her daughter died in March, just eight weeks shy of her 17th birthday. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) By Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2023 For her 17th birthday, Jeramie Naya Vives Osorio’s family showered her with gifts: a dozen pink roses, a stack of Beard Papa‘s cream puffs, a Strawberry Sweet cake from the Korean bakery Tous les Jours and a small silver necklace from Tiffany. Michelle Vives knew...

Teresa Cox-Bates and her husband John Bates, along with their kids Eli, Ava and Issac. Teresa says HealthySteps has helped her face her own childhood trauma and be a better parent. Kholood Eid for NPR By Rhitu Chatterjee, National Public Radio (NPR), November 29, 2023 Teresa Cox-Bates was only 11 years old when her father died, an event that dramatically altered her family's circumstances and shaped her childhood experiences. "I really remember us not having enough food to eat," says...

By Laura Gallant, 11/30/29, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ HOPE-informed care begins with identifying, honoring, and promoting child and family sources of strength and stamina. That knowledge creates the basis for working together to set and achieve the goals of care. Parents and families, of course, know about their child, their own values and beliefs, and their support systems. Providers bring a separate set of knowledge – which is why children and families seek care. In medicine,...

Michael Shuls, who died after getting caught in a conveyor machine at a lumber mill in his home town of Florence. Photograph: supplied By Eric Berger, The Guardian, November 28, 2023 I n late June, Jim Schuls and his 16-year-old son, Michael, woke up at 4am for their usual drive from their apartment in Florence, Wisconsin, to begin work at 5am at a sawmill. Father and son made this journey together five times a week in the summer, when Michael worked longer hours than he did in term time.

By 21Ninety, Photo: joicekelly, 21Ninety, May 3, 2023 In the medical world, Black women often experience hidden racism. Because of unaddressed issues in the medical system, Black women may face implicit biases more frequently than other races. Medical experts are now beginning to weigh in on why this might be the case. According to the American Psychological Association, Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with mental health disorders than white women, and this disparity has been...

By Ben Ikenson, Photo: Gabor Ekecs Photography, FastCompany, November 27, 2023 From a car windshield flying across an overpass, the new housing development in South Los Angeles may look like a freight-load of cargo: shipping containers, stacked four- and five-high like giant Legos, appear randomly arrayed near one of California’s largest and busiest freeway interchanges. In fact, the complex is meticulously designed to make the most of its challenging site on a triangular median and old...

“It’s peaceful and tranquil with them swimming around,” says Richard McCool, watching fish swim in one of two housing wings of the Dynamo program, where offenders with good behavior live independently at Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green, Mo., on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. McCool, 65, is serving time for rape and first-degree murder convictions. “One day, God willing, we’re going to get out of here.” Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch By Jesse Bogan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 26,...

By Dennis Thompson, Image: from article, MedicineNet, November 28, 2023 It might seem that surfing the web could cause a person's mental health to suffer, but a landmark new study has concluded that internet use poses no major threat to people's psychological well-being. Researchers compared country-level internet and broadband use to the mental well-being of millions of people in dozens of countries, and came away with no evidence that the internet is causing widespread psychological harm.

For survivors of sexual trauma, repair lies in recognition, not revenge. In our current model of justice, however, victims are often abandoned to heal any way they can within a societal structure that fosters the conditions for their abuse. One researcher believes that the path toward collective recovery begins with a simple act: listening to the wisdom of survivors. On this episode of Transforming Trauma , Emily is honored to welcome psychiatrist, researcher, teacher, and author Dr. Judith...

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