I've blogged a lot about some really awful trauma here, and will again -- but there's something I've been meaning to tell you about the healing part, aka "resilience." It has to do with Mindfulness and Emotional Object Constancy. Mindfulness...
In the video below, Jane Fonda speaks out to say: “Save our children from the violent decline of our society by teaching emotional literacy to boys." Thank you, Lou Godbold for posting the Fonda clip on Facebook!...
The pretty South African woman sitting next to me said our flight from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth was taking longer than expected, although I hadn’t noticed. I arrived in South Africa only a few hours before. Jet lagged, I was wrestling with...
Here's another great video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: Extensive biological and developmental research shows significant neglect—the ongoing disruption or significant absence of caregiver...
With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body. A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of...
Veterans who suffer from anxiety may not get appropriate treatment for want of a specific diagnosis, finds a new study in General Hospital Psychiatry. Lead researcher Terri L. Barrera, Ph.D., and her colleagues at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical...
In-home nurse visits for prenatal care for at-risk mothers, along with 2 years of early childhood support for their kids, boosted children's behavioral and attention assessments years later, researchers reported. For children born to first-time,...
Backed by brain research, California schools are beginning to address the effect of severe trauma on the health and achievement of their students. In districts including Humboldt, Richmond, Santa Cruz, Aptos and San Francisco, groups of teachers are...
"We know that early brain development is the foundation for the rest of a person's life," said Toni Detherage, a Lawrence social worker who provides the training, which is sponsored by Douglas County Success by Six. "And we know that trauma changes...
Pope Francis will establish a commission to advise him on protecting children from sexually abusive priests and on how the church should counsel victims, the Vatican said on Thursday. The announcement signaled the pope’s first concrete step to...
Forbes.com contributor Dr. Robert Pearl did an interesting post about domestic violence, from a business perspective: Some businesses have taken action and seen results. Companies like Verizon, Allstate, Prudential, Avon, Mary Kay, Macy’s...
A single dose of the hormone oxytocin, delivered via nasal spray, has been shown to enhance brain activity while processing social information in children with autism spectrum disorders, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study...
“I want to go to my house!” protested Simon. Bonnie Muller took his hand and plunked down on the floor. “Tell me more,” she said. It was part of a newly redoubled effort to reverse the damaging affects of childhood trauma on...