Damian Zermeño talks to his father over video chat. Saúl Zermeño, a single parent, was deported to Mexico in October after living 36 years in the United States. Karla Gachet for KFF Health News
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Your Content Goes Here Source: CBS News Damian Zermeño, 15, sensed something was wrong the moment […]
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Your Content Goes Here Source: CDC Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are not often caused by a single factor. Instead, a combination of factors at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels can increase or decrease the risk of violence.
Although some risk and protective factors are at the individual and family […]
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Your Content Goes Here Source: Houston Chronicle Less than a year after the deadly July 4 flood, Camp Mystic plans to reopen its Cypress Lake location, not far from the still-closed Guadalupe River site where floodwaters filled cabins. We understand the pull to restore what was lost as quickly […]
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Source: American Psychological Association More than half of all women will be exposed to at least one traumatic event in their lifetime, according to the National Center for PTSDopens in new window. Those traumatic experiences have been linked to a variety of negative mental health […]
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All children may experience very stressful events that affect how they think and feel. Most of the time, children recover quickly and well. However, sometimes children who experience severe stress—such as from an injury, the death or threatened death of a close family […]
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In 2009, Shawn Alex Nemeth was hospitalized and diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It was the culmination of a lifetime of trauma, encoded into his brain and body during a childhood defined by abuse and neglect. Yet, […]
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For many kids who suffer from trauma, it’s not one event. Often, it’s ongoing abuse or neglect. This could be violence at home or in their neighborhood. For some, it’s not having a place to sleep. Trauma affects the way kids […]
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Background: Sleep health is a multidimensional concept that plays a critical role in both physical and mental well-being. While there is evidence to suggest that sleep health may be linked to long-term trauma associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), most prior studies have […]
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For most young children, the sight and voice of a parent serve as a primary source of comfort and safety. A new study suggests that for children who have experienced interpersonal violence or abuse, the brain processes these caregiver signals in a distinct […]
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Childhood abuse has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for eating disorder symptoms. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that childhood abuse may lead to identification with the aggressor, an automatic defensive process, to survive the abuse. Although it has been clinically implied, the role […]
