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September 2019

Check Out the 2019 Prevention Resource Guide

The United States Department of Health & Human Services’ Children’s Bureau has developed the 2019 Prevention Resource Guide to help individuals and organizations in every community strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The Resource Guide focuses on protective factors that build on family strengths to foster healthy child and youth development. Download a free copy of the 2019 Prevention Resource Guide by utilizing the link below! ...

Can Three Numbers Stem the Tide of American Suicides? [theatlantic.com]

By Greg Miller, The Atlantic, September 23, 2019 Suicide hotlines are based on the simple idea that a conversation with a sympathetic stranger can save a life. Historically, most suicide hotlines have been run by volunteers without advanced degrees in counseling or related fields, and there’s research to suggest that nonexperts are at least as effective, if not more so, than professionals at helping suicidal callers. Today, volunteers are an integral part of the National Suicide Prevention...

Extreme Risk Protection Order: A Tool to Save Lives [americanhealth.jhu.edu]

By Bloomberg American Health Initiative, September 23, 2019 ERPO laws are helping to prevent gun deaths and protect communities. Their implementation — in 17 states and the District of Columbia — is part of a national effort to reduce the daily loss of life due to firearm violence, including gun suicide. This evolving resource will be frequently updated to help implementers take action — and save lives. [ Please click here to visit .]

A New Wave of Caregivers: Men [nytimes.com]

By Courtney E. Martin, The New York Times, September 24, 2019 When you hear the word “caregiver,” what image comes to mind? Most likely it is a woman in her 40s — someone tucking her children in with a phone call to her aging mother before bed. And in fact, this isn’t inaccurate. But did you know that of the 40 million family caregivers in America, nearly half of them are men? According to Jean Accius of AARP, these once invisible men are starting to “come out” publicly. Dr. Accius has...

How Denial Almost Ended my Life

Trauma is never an easy thing to deal with. Sometimes, it can be so painful that we try to avoid it or numb ourselves to the whole situation completely. Personally, I was lacking the emotional intelligence needed to deal with my trauma. My inability to deal with my issues led me down a path of denial, self-destruction, and increasingly difficult pain. Denial and Oblivion When I was 12 years old, I was raped at a 4th of July party. I entered that party with my innocence intact, but when I...

Why PFE?

Benchmark’s 4 th annual Partnering For Excellence (PFE) conference, “Envisioning Resilient Communities” was held September 11 th and 12 th in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. To open the second day of the conference, Andrew Schrag, Regional Director of Community Operations for Partners Behavioral Health Management (Partners BHM) inspired the audience to reflect on “Why PFE” as a model to help children and their families impacted by trauma. To express this, he shared with the audience why...

Even Infants Need Mental Health Care, so new Chicago Clinic Caters to Those 5 and Under [chicagotribune.com]

By Peter Nickeas, Chicago Tribune, September 20, 2019 In and around Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, long-standing causes of friction like gun violence and poverty have for some families combined with newer fears of immigration crackdowns and deportation of loved ones — and mental health professionals hope to address toxic stress that can have long-term effects on the lives of very young children. Aiming to rectify the shortage of mental health care available to infants and children...

A Bigger Look at Child Abuse in Central Oregon [bendbulletin.com]

By Kyle Spurr, The Bulletin, September 21, 2019 A recent child abuse conviction and a current trial have highlighted how tragic abuse can become. One case allegedly resulted in a 5-year-old girl starving to death. The other abuse case left a 2-year-old boy permanently injured. While those extreme examples are relatively rare in the region, child welfare officials say the problem is prevalent in many ways. Child abuse cases often involve physical and sexual abuse, neglect and exposure to...

How Our Community can Deal with Trauma [lancasteronline.com]

By Alice Yoder, Lancaster Online, September 22, 2019 Even though you cannot always see it on the outside, we are all more likely to have some kind of trauma or adverse childhood experience than to have none. With awareness, knowledge and the right tools, we can reduce stigma and create a supportive and safe community for everyone. We can make simple yet important changes that recognize daily challenges and fight the mental and physical health effects of trauma or ACEs. A restorative,...

Care Provider Facilities Described Challenges Addressing Mental Health Needs of Children in HHS Custody [cmhnetwork.com]

By Joanne M. Chiedi, Department of Health and Human Services, September 18, 2019 Care Provider Facilities Described Challenges Addressing Mental Health Needs of Children in HHS Custody. Facilities that care for children in the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR’s) custody face the difficult task of addressing the mental health needs of all the children in their care, including children who have experienced intense trauma. According to those who treat them, many children enter the...

Yoga Transformed Me After Trauma and Sexual Assault [yogajournal.com]

Laura's note: This story of sheer determination of transformation of self and community in the face of personal trauma AND systemic racism is breathtaking. Be warned: it may blow you away, as it did me. As a child, Ebony Smith survived sexual assault but didn’t have the tools to cope with the trauma until years later, when she found yoga. Now, she’s bringing the practice to her community, and others in crisis. Exactly 247 people came to practice yoga with me today. Why is that such a big...

How Dual Diagnosis Treatment Worked For Me

I thought for sure this rehab would mimic the scene of a psychiatric hospital, and my contempt couldn’t have proven to be more inaccurate. Not only did the treatment center educate and provide resources on recovery from long-term substance abuse, but the therapists also diagnosed me with anxiety and complex PTSD. At first I assumed my drug use was the culprit of these untreated mental health disorders. The underlying mental disorders were only “adding fuel to the fire” and ultimately led to...

Prince Harry and Oprah’s New TV Series Could Change the Way We View Mental Health at Work (thriveglobal.com)

A couple of years ago, Prince Harry joined the ever-growing list of high-profile public figures who are opening up about their mental health struggles. “I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life, but my work as well,” Harry said on a podcast for The Daily Telegraph . Now Harry and Oprah Winfrey are teaming up on a series for Apple TV+ that will debut...

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