Mental health services vital to heal children traumatized by violence [The Sacramento Bee]
Recent suicides by students who survived the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High reveal how trauma induced by violence, especially gun violence, extends long after the event and well beyond a shooting’s direct victims. Children, in particular, bear the consequences of violence-induced trauma. Without timely and effective intervention, the brains of children exposed to violence, especially if that exposure is sustained, will never develop as biologically destined. This revelation has...