Claudia Gold, a pediatrician who blogs on  Child in Mind  and  Boston.com , wrote  a terrific post about Paul Tough  and his book  How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character . He was...

I am happy to announce that my book, "Is That Me Yelling? is out in bookstores and online. It's been a labor of love to write about ways parents can become more familiar with themselves as they attempt to respond, rather than over-react, to their...

Dr. Anna Luise Kirkengen, professor in family medicine at the Universities of Tromso and Trondheim, reviewed this book for the Kaiser Permanente Journal in Fall 2011 . The 298-page can be purchased on Dr. Helander's site  for $20. In her review...

Our Encounters with Suicide, edited by Alec Grant, Judith Haire, Fran Biley and Brendan Stone. From the book web site : The collection brings together a range of voices on the theme of suicide — those who have been suicidal, alongside the...

"This is the third in a trilogy of books that chronicle the revolutionary changes in our mental health and human service delivery systems that have conspired to disempower staff and hinder client recovery. Creating Sanctuary documented the evolution...

A look at the seven emotional systems of the brain by the researcher who discovered them. What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us with lust, anger, fear, or tenderness? Traditional behavioral...

Robert E. Lesoine's best friend Larry took his life by suicide on October 15, 2005. Although Lesoine knew Larry was struggling with feelings of disappointment, dejection, and loss, along with the return of debilitating pain associated with a past...

Greetings - A colleague invited me to jump in here and mention my own book as a resource for folks involved in this community. My name is Sue Badeau, I live in Philadelphia and have been involved in the Trauma community for many years including the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Advisory board for a decade and worked with Multiplying Connections locally for several years helping to develop curriculum and training. My daughter (and artist) and I have created a book entitled "Building...

Becoming Trauma Informed  describes trauma-informed practice at the individual, organizational and systemic levels. The editors and authors bring unique perspectives from various settings and from the diverse groups with which they work, sharing...

"The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently issued a clarion call for a multipronged initiative to reduce the impact of “toxic stress” on young children. 1 As part of this call to action, pediatricians were urged to advocate for...

CWLA is delighted to announce the publication of its most recent kinship care resource, Collaborating with Kinship Caregivers: A Research-to-Practice, Competency-Based Training Program for Child Welfare Workers and Their Supervisors. More than 20...

" Nurses have been described as the backbone of correctional health care. Yet the complex challenges of caring for this disenfranchised population are many. Ethical dilemmas around issues of patient privacy and self-determination abound, and the...

I hope I don't seem annoying but, with the first chapter as "You were born Resilient." I don't agree. First: One of the Videos from the AVA (Academy on Violence and Abuse) ACEs DVD from Dr. Frank Putman, MD "ACEs Changed the Landscape" shows slides demonstrating that as ACEs increase "you overwhelm the child's capacity for resilience.". http://vimeo.com/66692132 But he also points toward "Angels" or positive predictive factors (The way Strengthening Families works on the "Protective...

OK I see all the books now. Thanks for the information and link about war trauma. I appreciate this discussion about mental health care and look forward to getting into the book. The very system that has been established to foster healing and recovery often becomes a source of re-traumatization and we must continue to work towards a trauma-informed mental health system. Ohio, like many other states, claims to be a trauma-informed system, yet practices are tolerated and promoted that are...

I seem to recall a "story" about problems at the Day Care Center at West Point (U.S. Military Academy) in the mid-to-late 1960's....but this examination of court cases which led this book's author to further study is very helpful. We had a 13 year old young woman in N.H., who was abused by [protestant] "church elders", then shipped off "out of state" to avoid reporting it to police/and prosecution, but she returned many years later, and prosecution was initiated...successfully.