Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact

• Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused - WHO publishes new guidelines
• Immigrant parents, refugees face greater mental health challenges; Kids' learning at risk
• Children of color face higher barriers to success, new Casey Report says
• Early childhood adversities linked to health problems in tweens, teens
• Depression is on the rise in the US, especially among young teens
• Anxiety, child abuse may be risk factors for marijuana abuse

Brain and Biology

• Mysterious DNA modification seen in stress response
• The brain region for balance, movement also involved in processing traumatic memories
• Locus coeruleus activity linked with hyperarousal in PTSD

Bullying

Both the aggressor and the victim: Alarming number of teens cyberbully themselves

DHS Career Opportunities

• Developmental Disabilities Coordinator, Central Wisconsin Center
• Medical Director, Winnebago Mental Health Institute
• Nursing Supervisor, Central Wisconsin Center
  
• Psychological Associate, Winnebago Mental Health Institute

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Better sleep, less fear
• Role of gut microbiome in post traumatic stress disorder: More than a gut feeling
• Psychological toll of shame in military personnel
• 9/11 WTC responders show increased physical disability due to PTSD
• PTSD Research Quarterly, VOLUME 28/NO. 4, October, 2017
• PTSD Monthly Update - October 2017
  

Resilience

Building resilient communities: A moral responsibility | Nick Tilsen (15 minutes - TEDxRapidCity)

Substance Use Disorder

• Parents' alcohol use can set the stage for teenage dating violence, study finds
• A quarter of problematic pot users have anxiety disorders, many since childhood

Trauma-Informed Care

• Trauma-informed primary care: Fostering resilience and recovery
• By understanding trauma, Wisconsin youth find path to healing

Violence

• Intimate partner violence: A persistent post-disaster threat
• Study investigates effects of domestic violence on workplaces, by asking perpetrators
• Domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in affluent couples

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