"Pete Saunders, chief executive of National Association for People Abused in Childhood, said: "Plans to introduce mandatory reporting of child abuse in Wales are a step in the right direction, but still fall a long way short of what is required to...
"A new study by the University of Reading has found that delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) via parents could be an efficient and effective way of treating childhood anxiety disorders. "The study, published in the British Journal of...
"Schoolchildren suffering from obesity are at higher risk of developing psychological problems than their slimmer counterparts, according to new research.... "The Monash University-led collaborative study of over 2000 Taiwanese schoolchildren aged...
A new book by Kathy Brous from www.AttachmentDisorderHealing.com [First posted on FEMHC.org on July 26, 2013 in General , Recovery by Kathy Brous] 1. Preface, Part I: The Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder, July 26, 2013 2. Preface, Part II: This Is Gonna Hurt, August 1, 2013 3. Forward, Part I: The Day That Einstein Feared Has Arrived, August 2, 2013 4. Forward, Part II: Hole in My Heart, August 9, 2013 5. Chapter 1, Part I: Death and...
What's a trauma-informed school? It’s a place where this happens: There’s this third-grade kid. Let’s call him Sam. He’s got ODD (oppositional defiant disorder…a misnomer for normal behavior a child exhibits when...
Suzanne Savall, principal of Otis Orchards Elementary. __________________ Suzanne Savall, principal of Otis Orchards Elementary School in Spokane’s East Valley School District, says she didn’t really know what she was signing...
"So for the past two years -- in her effort to dig deeper -- Mautner has been in dozens of Camden homes scratching out 60, 90, and 120 minute interviews. And a pattern has emerged. People like Jackie Coleman,62, have stories of childhood trauma. "...
“[Being out on the streets] was very traumatic,” she says. In addition to the drugs, she’d been selling sex, hustling in what women like Sophie call, simply, “the life.” “At certain points, I wanted to hurt the men,” she says. “I thought of seriously hurting them. I’d rob them. I had no respect for any of them. None of them.” "Not even the man who dropped her off at the hospital—who, for a long...
Abstract Adolescents in residential treatment settings have symptoms that prevent them from participation in normal youth activities, which in turn prevent development of social skills and competencies. A sports-based intervention called “Do the...
"Gov. Terry E. Branstad today signed Executive Order 82, which immediately holds the Iowa Juvenile Home to higher standards of care. The Iowa Juvenile Home will be held to the same standards for restraint or seclusion as a private comprehensive...
"Last month, the FBI announced that it had rescued more than 100 sexually exploited children in Operation Cross Country , a nationwide sweep of sex traffickers. Some 150 people, most “pimps” who profit from sexually ...
"Prescribing of "atypical" antipsychotic medications to children and young adults with behavioral problems or mood disorders may put them at unnecessary risk for type 2 diabetes, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows.... "Young people...
"When's the last time you heard prostitution and mothering mentioned in the same sentence?..." " Prof. Einat Peled of Tel Aviv University's Bob Shapell School of Social Work is willing to bet it wasn't recently. In a new study, Peled and her...
"New research shows that in a dynamic mind-body interaction during the interpretation of prolonged stress, cells from the immune system are recruited to the brain and promote symptoms of anxiety. "The findings, in a mouse model , offer a new...