Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

May is Trauma-Informed Care Awareness Month Governor Tony Evers has proclaimed May as Trauma-Informed Care Awareness Month in Wisconsin. May 22 is Trauma-Informed Care Awareness Day. Read his proclamation.

ACEs, Adversity's Impact 

• Susceptibility to disease develops during childhood
• Understanding the buffering effects of protective factors on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and teen violence perpetration 
• Adverse events during first years of life may have greatest effect on future mental health
• 7 early-life stressors may be linked to DNA methylation
• Infants exposed to homelessness: Health, health care use, and health spending from birth to age six
• Recognizing trauma in the healer
• Stress in early life could make people more likely to develop depression
• Role of psychological distress and emotional eating in obesity
• ACEs within tribal communities
• How does toxic stress affect low-income and black children?
• E-cigarette use by young adults linked to childhood maltreatment
• Adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to complex health profiles among child welfare-involved children: A classification and regression tree analysis
• Trauma lives on in Native Americans by making us sick-while the US looks away
• Research Brief: Adverse childhood experiences increase risk for HIV sexual risk taking behaviors in Malawi young adults
• The death of a close friend hits harder than we think

Brain and Biology

• Brain area tied to emotions is larger in vets, service members with mild TBI and PTSD
• Anti-stress brain chemical is related to PTSD resilience after trauma
• Relationships between adverse childhood experiences and health status in systemic lupus
• Sensitive periods for the effect of childhood adversity on DNA methylation: Results from a prospective, longitudinal study

Bullying

• Breaking the silence: Partlows reflect on bullying experiences
• Bullying among adolescents hurts both the victims and the perpetrators
• Teen girls more vulnerable to bullying than boys
• For teens, online bullying worsens sleep and depression
• Bullying linked to student's pain medication use
• Sisters homeschooled after decade of bullying. It's a growing issue, MN official says
• Being bullied as a teen is associated with growing up in areas of income inequality

Career Opportunities

• Child Trauma Therapist
• Deputy Director, DHS Bureau of Prevention Treatment and Recovery
• Section Chief - Performance Management, DHS Bureau of Prevention Treatment and Recovery

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

What happens when the science of trauma and building resilience go to prison?

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• 5 powerful lessons Arya Stark from Game of Thrones teaches us about complex trauma survivors
• A patient's guide to post-traumatic disorder
• PTSD rate among prison employees equals that of war veterans
• Mitigating stress, PTSD risk in war fighters
• Are we losing the war against first responder suicides?
• Female firefighters at risk of PTSD and suicidal thoughts
• PTSD Monthly Update - May 2019

Resilience

• Experiential self-regulation in trauma therapy
• The science of bouncing back from trauma
• How massage therapy helps clients who have experienced trauma
• 'Burnout is real': The importance of engaging in self-care practices when faces with secondary trauma
• 'Good enough' parenting is good enough, study finds

Schools

• How self-compassion supports academic motivation and emotional wellness
• Well-being toolkit for children, educators, and parents

Substance Use Disorder

• Treating opioid use disorder
• Free Webinar: Changing minds: Implementing harm reduction
• The ripple effect: The impact of the opioid epidemic on children and families

Trainings

Introduction to the seven essential ingredients (7ei) of trauma-informed care

Trauma-Informed Care

• At the intersection of architecture and mental health: trauma-informed design
• When being trauma-informed is not enough
• Do trigger warnings actually work?
• "Most vulnerable women are being repeatedly failed": A call from trauma-informed NHS approaches
• Why trauma-informed care is creating hope for kids in Wisconsin

Do not reply directly to this email message. If you have a question, email Scott Webb. Visit the DHS website for more information on trauma-informed care.