The spring conference season is here. Visit the Wisconsin Department of Health Services exhibit at the events listed below to pick up Resilient Wisconsin materials. April 11-12: Peer Recovery Conference, Wisconsin Dells April 26-27: NAMI Wisconsin Annual Conference, Rothschild May 7-9: Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit, Wisconsin Dells/Virtual

ACEs, adversity's impact 

• Video: Understanding racism's impact on child development

• Video: Shaping Destiny

• Resource: Behavioral Health Strategy Guide

• Role of psychopathology on children credibility of sexual abuse testimony

• Adverse childhood experiences and subsequent physical and mental health among young adults: Results from six universities in China

• Study reveals broader impact of childhood adversity

• A silent battle: Many black youth struggle with suicide

• Childhood adversity and low resilience may increase odds of depression, anxiety in pregnancy

• Can unresolved past trauma lead to dementia? This is what research says

• The most common mental health diagnoses among teens in the US

• Adverse childhood experiences can lead to poor behaviors as parents

• Adverse childhood experiences, sarcopenia, and social participation in older adults: a cohort study

• COVID-19 exacerbates adolescent mental health crisis: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris's mission for recovery

• New study may broaden the picture of the consequences of childhood adversity

Brain and biology

• Video: Serve and Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry

• Video: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return

• Generalized fear after acute stress is caused by change in neuronal cotransmitter identity

• University of Oklahoma researchers collaborate on DARPA brain stimulation study

• How sleep engineering could help heal the brain

• Childhood adverse life events and skeletal muscle mitochondrial function

• Exploring stress response’s role in executive function impairments among adults with early adverse childhood experiences

• Heart rhythm holds the key to treating psychological trauma, suggests study

• Unlocking the brain’s fear circuitry: A pathway to survival responses

• Scientists unveil how childhood trauma can ‘rewire’ brains

• Living in violent neighborhoods changes kids' brains

• PTSD trauma memories are not represented in the brain like other memories, study suggests

• Childhood adversity modulates structural brain changes in borderline personality but not in major depression disorder

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

• More mental health services could keep people out of jail

• Compassion Prison Project transforms lives in California: Horstman and Cody unveil success

• Trauma-informed corrections: Part four of a four-part series

• Trauma-informed policing: a better approach to intimate partner violence investigations

• Early childhood adversity: How Judith Harris’ theory helps to explain the relationship between ACEs and delinquency

Posttraumatic stress disorder and moral injury

• The difference between PTSD and CPTSD

• Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

• African American veterans with PTSD had higher risk of re-hospitalization after stroke

• Psychological safety: an overlooked factor in clinician burnout and moral injury in health care

• The pivotal role of sergeants in building resilience and addressing moral injury among police officers

• How is trauma-focused therapy experienced by adults with PTSD? A systematic review of qualitative studies

• The struggles and strengths of trauma disorders

• Emotional trauma from your past jobs is real. Here's what can help.

• Breaking barriers: MDMA's new frontier in PTSD treatment and beyond

• Acupuncture for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder - A randomized clinical trial

• Emerging treatments for PTSD, opioid cravings, and depression: A look at recent health research

• New study by leading trauma psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk shows therapy-assisted MDMA could help treat PTSD

• Virtual reality exposure plus electric brain stimulation offers a promising treatment for PTSD

Resilience

• Video: What the Trauma of COAs has Taught Us About Resilience: How Caring Adults Can Help Our Youth and Themselves

• Coping behaviors improved mental well-being in adversity-exposed teens during pandemic

• Attachment, regulation, and competency in emerging adults: Validating a framework of resilience in a population with adverse childhood experiences

• Finding strength post-trauma with mixed martial arts

• Posttraumatic growth of medical staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review

• Self-compassion, childhood emotional neglect, and posttraumatic growth: Parental well-being during COVID-19

• The mental health benefits of nature: Spending time outdoors to refresh your mind

• The importance of positive adult-child relationships

Schools

• Can arts education help children heal from trauma?

• Trauma-informed teaching: Creating classrooms that support learning

Substance use disorder

Video: H is for Hope and Healing: Parental Addiction Resources for Children & Families

Trainings

• PTSD and Physical Health

• 2024 Suicide Care Trainings

• Putting a Name to Silent Suffering: Treating Perinatal Mental Health

• Advanced crisis core trainings

• Supporting H.E.R. (Healing Empowerment and Restoration): A Mental Health Discussion for Black Women 

Trauma-informed care

• Podcast: Trauma-informed journalism with Tamara Cherry

• Video: Trauma-Informed Cross-Sector & System Transformation 

• Trauma screening may improve mental health service recommendations for children

• Psychiatrist for UK’s most dangerous prisoners campaigns for a trauma-informed justice system

• Trauma screening may improve mental health service recommendations for children

• Trauma informed care for nutrition services and promotion

• Trauma-informed immunopsychiatry: the moderating role of early life adversity on inflammatory responses

• A tooth examination can be terrifying for victims of rape and assault. These dentists want to help them

• A journey to healing: How trauma-informed dentistry transformed a survivor's life

Violence

• The impact of childhood sexual abuse on interpersonal violence in men: A systematic review

• Unveiling the shadow: How neighborhood violence shapes children's health and futures

• Report finds one in two survivors of domestic abuse may be living with a brain injury

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