September 2016

Fifteen years after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was introduced to the world, this groundbreaking treatment only reaches a small percentage of people suffering from depression. Two innovators want to change that. According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, in 2014, an estimated nearly 16 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year, approaching 7% of all US adults. And close to 10% of adults in the country...

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The last post I wrote was about how children are damaged by the incarceration of their parents. Yesterday, I read about research estimating the actual cost of incarceration in the U.S. at $1 trillion. [ LINK HERE ] Stories abound of the direct cost of incarceration, but reading about the real human cost is rare. Think about what $1.2 trillion represents. For 2015 the U.S. budget was $3.8 Trillion. [ LINK HERE ] The federal budget approximates about 21% of gross domestic product.

Scott McClelland -- the H-E-B executive perhaps most recognizable for affably enduring light ridicule at the hands of football star J.J. Watt in the grocery chain’s TV commercials -- didn’t lay bare some grand corporate malfeasance or announce plans to shutter stores. But his testimony before legislators last year startled advocates nonetheless. McClelland told members of the Texas House public education committee a bit about H-E-B’s employee training materials. More specifically, about how...

As part of our series "Minding Michigan," we explore mental health issues in our state. Today, we introduce you to Patrick Cleland, better known as Rick Chyme . He’s a rapper from West Michigan who's been collaborating with local artists from around the state and has several project in the works. This year, Chyme was featured with the indie folk band The Accidentals. Then, a dance film was made to his original track “Pull Me Back” off his new album Bald Since Birth . Despite his success,...

Three California schools are among 10 nationwide that were awarded $10 million each on Wednesday to “reimagine high school,” as part of a year-long contest backed by an organization headed by Laurene Powell Jobs. All three schools focus heavily on tailoring instruction to individual students, yet each have different goals and serve students in different parts of the state. The Summit Public Schools system plans to open a new campus in Oakland to help students explore career options. Vista...

Chaplain Chris Haughee of Intermountain's Residential Services in Helena, Montana, hosted an all-day training and workshop on trauma-informed ministry on September 15, 2016. The day started off with introductions and then it was time for Brie Oliver, ACE master trainer, to give the group the basics in adverse childhood experiences, the science behind life-long health effects from childhood trauma, and share the possible ways faith communities could help build resiliency in children and...

Parenting with ACEs has grown by 50% in the last few months. It's a great group! Members are starting to share opinions, resources and ideas. Check out what we've been up to (summarized below). We Still Need You! Your personal and professional expertise and experiences are relevant. Your opinions, ideas and questions are critical contributions. Your struggles, strategies and stories about all things related parenting with ACEs. Some of the best posts come from interesting comments turned...

It's taking the stigma out of mental illness. What would you do if your teenage son or daughter began expressing paranoid thoughts? Jumbling their sentences? Exhibiting bizarre behavior? Few parents know the warning signs of psychosis, but one joint effort in Connecticut is aiming to change that. The state’s Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services and Yale University are pioneering MindMap , an outreach program designed to catch the early signs of a young person experiencing a...

People in remote areas have long lacked access to mental health services. The movement to fix that is showing signs of life. In 1963 when President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act, the effect of the law was to shift mental health care away from large, state-run mental institutions and place it in communities where the focus would be on prevention as well as treatment. But Congress never adequately funded the mental health services that were needed to support the law.

A free food project on New York's waterways challenges residents to imagine how we might adapt to a more resource-constrained world. n New York City, where land is valuable and developers can rake in big profits, community gardens are being uprooted to make way for more profitable ventures. As a result, some families are losing a key source of fresh food. But what if members of the public had access to a site where they could pick freshly grown fruits and vegetables for free? And what if the...