Trauma-Informed Care News and Notes

ACEs, Adversity's Impact 

• Misattunement - The invisible ACE
• Finding compassion for detained migrant children
• Focus on traumatized boys critical to gender equality, new research shows
• Adverse childhood experiences increase the odds of obesity in early adolescence: A population-based prospective cohort study
• The untold impact of mother-son incest
• Child sexual abuse victims - mental health support is critical
• How childhood trauma influences adolescent violence and depression in poor urban areas
• The association between tender points, psychological distress, and adverse childhood experiences
• Childhood trauma tied to tooth loss later in life
• The toxic psychology of parents who abuse their children

Brain and Biology

Growing up high: Neurobiological consequences of adolescent cannabis use

Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation

• More than eight in 10 men in prison suffered childhood adversity - new report
• Diversion, positive youth development, restorative practices: Connecting the dots 

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Why do some children develop PTSD while others do not?

Resilience

• Creating resilience in children is critical to their mental health
• What if we could reach families before the crisis? There would be fewer kids in foster care
• Video: How-to: 5 steps for brain-building serve and return
• Self-love is the key in healing from trauma
• Contact with nature during childhood could lead to better mental health in adulthood
• Emotional resilience: 9 ways to be resilient in tough times

Schools

• Conference: 4th Annual Growing School Mental Health Summit
• Incorporating mindfulness reduces anxiety, boosts focus for students and teachers
• Health workers could be placed in schools
• From aromatherapy to anger management: How schools are addressing the 'crisis' of childhood trauma
• Trauma-informed education: Addressing school-to-prison pipeline
• Response: A 'trauma-informed classroom is a safe and secure place'
• Handle With Care aims to help students exposed to trauma
• Students learn to protect their minds from toxic stress

Substance Use Disorder

• Opioid-exposed newborns may react to pain differently after birth
• Bad news-good news: Each additional ACE increases opioid relapse rate by 17%; each ACE-informed treatment visit reduces it by 2%
• High tolerance: Alcohol abuse causes foster care placements
• Many underlying factors involved with drug addiction
• Webinar: Integrating a trauma-informed approach into substance use disorder treatment
• Conference: Wisconsin Statewide Substance Use Prevention Training

Trauma-Informed Care

• Not enough apologies: Trauma stories
• Trauma-informed care offers Milwaukee children a new approach for finding hope and healing
• Sagor: What are our children trying to tell us?
• What if we treated every patient as though they had lived through a trauma?

Violence

Positive aspects of masculinity helps improve boys' attitudes toward relationship violence

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