Resilient Wisconsin: Trauma-Informed News and Notes, June 2021

New training for first responders now available We've created a free video training for EMS professionals, firefighters, law enforcement officers. It provides information on how to recognize the symptoms and risks associated with toxic stress and tools for self-care and asking for help when needed to improve mental health and physical health. Information on how to access this video training is available on the Resilient Wisconsin: Secondary Trauma webpage.

ACEs, adversity's impact 

• Cancer Connections podcast episodes about ACEs, stress, trauma & healing

• Every child matters: Podcast recording with Dr. Cindy Blackstock

• North Carolina launches first-in-the-nation statewide task force on ACEs-informed courts

• Childcare providers use two- generational approach to help preschoolers from being expelled

• Can being born preterm or with a socioeconomic disadvantage in early childhood accelerate biologic aging? 

• Adverse childhood experiences in New Zealand and subsequent victimization in adulthood: Findings from a population-based study

• Pandemic trauma leaves emotional wounds on grieving people

• 'Time don't heal it': The 'grief pandemic' from COVID-19 will torment Americans for years, experts say

• Mothers' depression impacts mother-infant relationships

• ‘If you would go out on a limb for us, it might just save our lives’

• The intersection and dynamics between COVID-19, health disparities, and adverse childhood experiences: “Intersection/dynamics between COVID-19, health disparities, and ACEs”

• When do traumatized youth harm themselves or others?

• Those with history of adverse childhood experiences more likely to bear heavier burden during pandemic

• How adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact adult anger

• A link between childhood stress and early molars

• Is unrecognized shame keeping you stuck?

• Video: Three things people get wrong about trauma

Brain and biology

• Scientists discover brain cells that compete to sustain or suppress traumatic memories

• Non-hallucinogenic psychedelic analog reverses effects of stress in mouse study

• Study shows adaptive brain response to stress, and its absence in people with depression

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

NJ spends $445K a year to lock a kid up. We’ve got a better idea

DHS career opportunities

• Deputy director - Winnebago Mental Health Institute
• Lead substance use treatment coordinator 
• Women's substance use treatment coordinator
• Substance abuse planner

View all DHS career opportunities

Posttraumatic stress disorder

• The fawn response in complex PTSD | Dr. Arielle Schwartz

• It’s time for employers to deepen their understanding of trauma

• Some concerned about post-traumatic growth as workers return to offices

• Signs that helping others is hurting you

• A psychedelic drug may help treat PTSD. But questions remain on how best to use—and regulate—it

• Are you worried about returning to society after a pandemic? You are not alone

• Covid has made it harder to be a health-care worker. Now, many are thinking of quitting

• Posttraumatic stress symptoms common among bereaved adults with prolonged grief disorder

• PTSD Monthly Update - May 2021

• This first-aid kit will help you treat stress in health care

• Give clinicians time to recover from the pandemic

• MDMA and it’s potential in unlocking the answer to trauma

• Preliminary evidence for anhedonia as a marker of sexual trauma in female adolescents

• Is there a link between PTSD and OCD?

Resilience

• The Brain Architects Podcast: COVID-19 special edition: How do we rebuild and re-envision early childhood services?

• What we need right now is CPR: Connection. Presence. Resilience.
• 3 proven ways to cope with the trauma of 2020

• On a trail near Hawk Mountain, traumatized veterans heal through the power of nature

Schools

• Japan's hands-off formula in disciplining schoolchildren works. Is it worth a try elsewhere?

• Setting priorities in trauma-informed education

• How unconditional positive regard can help students feel cared for

Substance use disorder

• Caregiver alcohol abuse can mean long-term stress on kids

• A systematic review of stigma interventions for providers who treat patients with substance use disorders

Trainings

• Training videos: COVID-19 and Trauma-Informed Care 
• TIC in Action – Free event

Trauma-informed care

• Peer "Seeking Safety' mobile app study
• Emotion mobile app study
• A mental health focus at the barbershop

• 'Trauma informed care' considers a patient's background to offer safe, competent treatment—here's what to know

Violence

Facing the ongoing trauma of conflict-related sexual violence

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