"In earlier articles, we’ve discussed the impacts of secondary wounding and self-secondary wounding. We covered some important interventive strategies for healing from this aspect of the trauma experience and how an individual can work...
"...Therapist Danielle Novello said the teen is an example of a child who overcomes ACEs — the acronym the organization uses in its Traumatic Stress Program. It stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences , which include the loss of a parent...
"Psychological trauma dims tens of millions of lives around the world and helps create costs of at least $42 billion a year in the United States alone. But what is trauma, exactly?.... "Now, a significant body of work suggests that even this view is...
"A study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) provides some answers. It proves for the first time that it is not the fame that makes one prone to emotional problems, it is mostly childhood maltreatment and adversity.... "Solo...
"Some weeks ago I was contacted by a school, whose teachers were facing a serious challenge with a boy presenting with extreme and unpredictable behaviour. The teachers felt at a loss and desperately needed support and advice. The boy had previously...
"On Tuesday, December 18, MHAC's Don Mares joined Governor John Hickenlooper at the capitol for the Governor's announcement of $18.5 million in new funding for mental health systems in Colorado in his 2013 budget. The budget request would expand the...
"American health care is in the midst of profound changes, some of which are really exciting in their potential," Skubi says. "For example, with the implementation of electronic records in 2007, Interfaith was suddenly able to look at the entire...
"Dr. Vincent J. Felitti of the Department of Preventative Medicine at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in San Diego California describes how he and his colleagues did a population-based analysis of over 17,000 healthy, middle-class...
"When most people think about the military, a calm yoga room is probably the last thing that comes to mind. But with veteran unemployment, substance abuse, and suicide rates due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the rise, the U.S. Armed...
"Proposals must be received no later than January 7, 2013 , at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time.... "Funding is available for activities and events in support of Prevention of Violence and Trauma of Women and Girls (VAW) in the United States , its...
A final comment on SAMHSA's feedback site. "The guidelines provide an excellent framework for beginning the assessment process for the development of an organizational change strategy to support a trauma informed approach. The key domains to be...
"Adverse childhood events often lead to adult shame and illness. Back in the early 1980s, I realized that every case of severe PMS I saw was in a woman who had come from an alcoholic home or was currently residing in one. Many others with chronic...
"...Trauma-sensitive classrooms and schools provide an environment where all adults in the building have an awareness and sensitivity to the potential impact of trauma and adverse experiences on students’ lives. The initial thinking behind low...
"With powerful firearms comes greater risk. Adam Lanza's murder-suicide shows us the frightful price of misjudging that risk. In a June 2011 story, “ New perspectives on suicide prevention ,” I wrote about the three elements of the ...
Very nice blog post from a survivor. "Having lived with manic-depressive illness for over sixty years and having studied the illness from the standpoint of social behavior , episodes, spikes in mania, triggers, onsets of trauma, curves of feeling...