Resilient Wisconsin: Trauma-Informed News and Notes, December 2020

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ACEs, adversity's impact 

• First California Surgeon General's report provides clear cross-sector roadmap to address mental health and societal impacts of adversity
• Podcast: Studying and surviving the pandemic's collective trauma
• Structural racism is taking a toll on children's mental health
• Sexual minorities, especially women, who misuse substances more likely to have psychiatric disorders 
• The COVID-19 pandemic may be deepening Milwaukee County's mental health crisis but providers see a glimmer of hope
• Is child maltreatment associated with substance use? New evidence emerges
• The impact of historical trauma on American Indian health equity
• Adverse childhood experiences and school readiness among preschool-aged children
• Review evaluates triggers of pediatric migraine
• Dear Therapists: A letter from an adult with childhood trauma
• Overcoming a pandemic of complex trauma
• Adverse childhood experiences are associated with at-risk drinking, cannabis and illicit drug use in females but not males: An Emergency Department study
• Gay, lesbian, bisexual individuals have higher rates of adverse childhood experiences
• Adverse childhood experiences associated with CVD later in life
• Allostatic load associated with poorer health outcomes
• Poverty linked to higher risk of COVID-19 death, study suggests
• Adverse childhood experiences: Why cortisol responses matter
• Video: Childhood trauma impacts millions of Americans, and it's having devastating consequences
• Child maltreatment: A public health crisis that needs to be addressed
• The pandemic is traumatic for kids like mine. I have no idea how to help them

Brain and biology

• Inflammation of the brain changes observed in complex post-traumatic stress disorder
• Chronic alcohol use reshapes the brain's immune landscape, driving anxiety and addiction
• Scientists discover how fear can quickly turn into anxiety within the brain
• Stress in pregnancy may influence baby brain development
• Podcast: The Brain Architects: Connecting health and learning Part 1: The science
• Scientists show what loneliness looks like in the brain

Bullying

• Cyberbullying is on the rise during COVID-19 pandemic
• How being bullied affects your adulthood

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

Researchers show link between adverse childhood experiences and justice system contact

Posttraumatic stress disorder

• There are words to describe what's happening to our health workforce - and burnout is not it
• COVID-19 may deepen depression, anxiety, and PTSD among pregnant and postpartum women
• Veterans with PTSD face tougher time dealing with pandemic stress
• A new neurosurgical procedure may help treat PTSD
• The new research about complex post-traumatic stress disorder
• You may see more PTSD symptoms in your employees
• How we think about trauma is vital to how we move on from it

Resilience

• Free Webinar: Healing Anxious Kids and their Anxious Family
• How sweat lodge ceremonies heal war's wounds
• Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and medically traumatic events (TEs) in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer: a report from the Promoting Resilience in Stress Management (PRISM) randomized controlled trial
• Research provided tools for achieving the "how" of well-being in daily life
• How to build resilience in children amid coronavirus Christmas
• How a victim of horrific child abuse turned his life around and finally found peace on an epic paddle-board trip

Schools

• Teachers, students navigate pandemic together
• Turning cameras off to keep student engagement on
• School 'wellness centers' could be an answer to soaring mental health needs in California

Substance use disorder

• Understanding impacts of COVID-19 on Substance Use Disorder and treatment
• Opioid crisis response leaves black Americans behind
• Virtual Workshop: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in the Era of COVID-19: With a Special Focus on the Impact of the Pandemic on Communities of Color: A Workshop (Part 1)

Trainings

• Introduction to the Seven Essential Ingredients (7ei) of Trauma Informed Care
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Introduction
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Train the Trainer
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Networking Meeting (FREE)
• Trauma Sensitive Schools Implementation 2-part Series
• Trauma Informed Care Advanced 8-part Series
• Compassion Curve for Early Care Educators 2-part Online Video Series

Trauma-informed care

• Wrexham Glyndwr sets out to become first trauma-informed university in country
• New transforming trauma episode: Complex trauma, self-sabotage, diet culture, and eating disorder recovery with Iris McAlpin
• On-Demand Webinar: The Perfect Storm: COVID Fatigue, Family Trauma, and Oppositional Defiance
• New intervention to help children with trauma will treat whole family
• A 'hidden epidemic': The case for trauma-informed medical care in Australia

Violence

No 'one-size-fits-all solution' for children exposed to domestic violence, researchers say

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