it is very hard for me to start this post. i am afraid no one will help me with what i need. i need some encouragement. i need to feel cared about by someone. valued. i dont need it from anyone in particular as much as i need it from people in...
James Encinas left Bastrop this morning: destination La Grange. He says he'll probably stay there a couple of days as it's supposed to storm tomorrow and Tuesday. This will give him time, he says, to post about his meeting with George Patrin, whom he...
Hi everyone, Just wanted to drop a line to let everyone know that my charity, Terra Firma Network, has just launched a website. Please feel free to go check it out, and give feedback where necessary. www.terrafirmanetwork.org Terra Firma Network is...
Just before former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy delivered the closing speech to attendees of the National Council for Behavioral Health conference earlier this week, my daughter and I had a warm, light-hearted conversation with him...
James Encinas is staying at the Firehouse Hostel in downtown Austin tonite. He's planning on meeting up with ACEsConnection member and pediatrician George Patrin. He's heading to Beaumont tomorrow. The map shows the Austin area. The route he's...
“Rider for Change” James Encinas arrived by mountain bike at San Diego’s Cherokee Point Elementary May 2 to the delight of some hundred students. James, a career LA school teacher, is riding 3,000 miles from Sacramento to...
A smartphone app that monitors subtle qualities of a person's voice during everyday phone conversations shows promise for detecting early signs of mood changes in people with bipolar disorder, a University of Michigan team reports. While the app still...
Patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs were at a 45% lower risk of committing violent crimes than when there was no record of a current prescription, a Swedish registry study indicated. Among more than 80,000 patients in Sweden whose medical...
At least 5,000 of the District’s poorest children are not receiving necessary mental health treatment, according to a study released Tuesday by an advocacy group that describes the city as in the throes of “a children’s mental health...
People who grew up with a parent who abused alcohol may be 85 percent more likely to attempt suicide than people whose parents did not abuse alcohol, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. Furthermore, having...
Last year’s annual conference of the National Council of Behavioral Health brought thousands of therapists to Las Vegas, where showgirls opened the program showily and those who treat addictions got an after-hours view of all they’re up...
I want to tell you about Cherokee Point Elementary, my visit there and a best practices school model that I witnessed in action and strongly believe should be copied and emulated nationally. [At left: Principal Godwin Higa and Cherokee Point Elementary feed the community.] Cherokee does not talk about the importance of community/school engagement; it lives it. Our children learn more through what they see modeled than from what they hear or are told! Every other Friday, the school...
In the 2012-13 school year, almost 260,000 student suspensions in California public schools — more than 40 percent of the total — were for "willful defiance" of authority. Willful defiance was the single most common reason for suspension...
Newborns of addicted mothers must endure painful withdrawal Rhode Island, which is reeling from a surge in opiate overdoses, got more disturbing news Monday: Health officials there revealed the rate of infants born dependent on drugs continues to rise...
Patients from minority ethnic groups in the US may be facing racist attitudes and beliefs that can unintentionally affect their treatment, a review of healthcare providers has found. The world's first review explored interpersonal racism perpetrated...