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Adverse Childhood Experiences

2025-03-26T11:05:22-05:00

By CDC

ACEs are common. About 64% of adults in the United States reported they had experienced at least one type of ACE before age 18. Nearly one in six (17.3%) adults reported they had experienced four or more types of ACEs.

Three in four high school students reported experiencing one or more ACEs, […]

Adverse Childhood Experiences2025-03-26T11:05:22-05:00

It Happened Here: Dr. Margaret Morgan Lawrence

2025-03-05T12:57:09-06:00

By NYP History

Every time she was turned away, Dr. Margaret Morgan Lawrence, whose career began at NewYork-Presbyterian in the 1940s, found a new opportunity to succeed, eventually becoming the first African American female psychoanalyst in the United States and the first Black female physician certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Throughout […]

It Happened Here: Dr. Margaret Morgan Lawrence2025-03-05T12:57:09-06:00

The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Developing Bipolar Disorder

2025-03-05T12:48:03-06:00

By Yann QuidéLeonardo TozziMark CorcoranDara M CannonMaria R Dauvermann

Childhood trauma (CT) has been repeatedly linked to earlier onset and greater severity of bipolar disorder (BD) in adulthood. However, such knowledge is mostly based on retrospective and cross-sectional studies in adults with BD. […]

The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Developing Bipolar Disorder2025-03-05T12:48:03-06:00

Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse in the #MeToo Era

2025-01-24T17:09:30-06:00

By Nickolas Agathis, MD

Do you keep up with any modern social movements, such as #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter or #KeepFamiliesTogether? The conversations surrounding them are still grabbing widespread attention through social media and news headlines across the globe. Fortunately, the collective power and influence behind these movements can shift attitudes, promote awareness, bring communities […]

Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse in the #MeToo Era2025-01-24T17:09:30-06:00

Immigrant Health is Interpersonal

2025-01-24T17:05:27-06:00

By Amanda Venta, PhD

Waves of Latinx immigration to the United States have changed in recent decades, and our scientific literature is only beginning to catch up. Regional violence and unrest in the Northern Triangle of Central America (i.e., El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala) have pushed families to seek asylum in the U.S. […]

Immigrant Health is Interpersonal2025-01-24T17:05:27-06:00

Essential Elements of a Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice System

2024-12-17T14:35:27-06:00

NCTSN

Trauma-informed policies and procedures make juvenile justice organizations safer and more effective by ensuring the physical and psychological safety of all youth, family members, and staff and promoting their recovery from the adverse effects of trauma. Juvenile justice policies and procedures are trauma-informed when they establish—at every level in the organization—a culture […]

Essential Elements of a Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice System2024-12-17T14:35:27-06:00

How Childhood Trauma Can Impact the Brain

2024-12-17T14:47:11-06:00

Written by Kaytee Gillis, LCSW

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode network (DMN) and the central executive network (CEN). As these areas are responsible for emotional regulation, memory processing, and stress response, this research points to the connection between childhood […]

How Childhood Trauma Can Impact the Brain2024-12-17T14:47:11-06:00

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Missed Diagnosis

2024-11-22T15:32:17-06:00

National Institute of Health

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is frequently under-diagnosed in maltreated samples. Protective services information is critical for obtaining complete trauma histories and determining whether to survey PTSD symptoms in maltreated children. In the current study, without protective services information to supplement parent and child report, the diagnosis of PTSD was […]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Missed Diagnosis2024-11-22T15:32:17-06:00
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