Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact

• Kids who display 'difficult' behavior are often misunderstood
• New youth trauma data shows needs for adult support
• Inside the Native American foster care crisis tearing families apart
• Hearing loss linked to poor nutrition in early childhood, study suggests
• Sleep quality, PTSD symptoms and chronic pain in youth
• Columbine survivor to Florida students: 'you will come out on the other side'
• Childhood trauma must be a public health priority
• American Indian and Alaska Native communities face unique challenges when it comes to public health data (childtrends.org)

Brain and Biology

• Scientists have discovered how traumatic experiences actually rewire the brain
• NIH releases first dataset from unprecedented study of adolescent brain development
• Brain sciences researcher pinpoints brain circuit that triggers fear relapse
• Increased stress on fathers leads to brain development changes in offspring

Bullying

Sibling bullying makes psychotic disorders three times more likely

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• Dane County explores mental health crisis center to curb incarceration
• Washington weighs an end to locking up kids for truancy [chronicleofchange.org]
  

DHS Career Opportunities

• Advanced Practice Social Worker or Social Worker Clinical, Mendota Mental Health Institute
• Institution Director, Winnebago Mental Health Institute
• Medical Director, Southern Wisconsin Center
  
• Registered Nurse, Winnebago Mental Health Institute
• Recreational and Vocational Therapy Assistant, Southern Wisconsin Center
• Youth Treatment Initiative Coordinator, Bureau of Prevention Treatment and Recovery

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Integration of neural and epigenetic contributions to posttraumatic stress symptoms: The role of hippocampal volume and glucocorticoid receptor gene methylation
• Written exposure therapy as effective as cognitive processing therapy at reducing PTSD symptoms
• Prazosin ineffective for alleviating PTSD-related nightmares, says study
• Posttraumatic stress disorder and incidence of coronary heart disease: A twin study
• Posttraumatic stress disorder in families
• ‘Groundbreaking’ treatment could help first responders with PTSD
• Psychotraumatology: A two-factor formulation of posttraumatic stress
• What happened to Norma's brain?
  

Resilience

• Staying in control can help you live longer
• Trauma support may help low-income families earn more

Substance Use Disorder

• Children affected by prenatal drinking more numerous than previously estimated
• A call to addiction-informed care
• A life in recovery
• The opioid plague's youngest victims: Children in foster care
• SAMHSA publishes guidance on clinical best practices using medication-assisted treatment to combat the opioid epidemic

Schools

• How childhood experiences contribute to the education-health link
• ‘Trauma-informed’ approach shows benefits for students at Summit Ridge
• 8 critical issues facing education in 2018
• Instead of ‘fixing’ public schools, address poverty

Violence

 The Guardian -- "Taking Back Control: How a Remote Island in Alaska Tackled Domestic Abuse"

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