"Saying, Not Saying" campaign

“Saying, Not Saying” is a mental health campaign to reveal all the things left unsaid when answering the question, “How are you?” The goal is to show that mental health concerns aren’t always visible, but being honest about mental health can help people feel empowered to talk about it and seek help when needed. It’s a simple, powerful campaign that will help Wisconsinites understand the importance of their mental health. Promote this campaign in your community! Go to the DHS website for social media shareables and tag your posts with #SayingNotSayingWI. 

ACEs, adversity's impact 

• Study reveals high use of physical restraints in home care for older adults with dementia

• Childhood trauma linked to distrust of healthcare professionals – new research

• Trauma, adversity, and biological aging: behavioral mechanisms relevant to treatment and theory

• Childhood intra- and extra-familial maltreatment and later-life trajectories of depressive symptoms: evidence from China

• Individuals who were abused as children tend to have worse marital relationships as adults

• Neurocognitive function may be impaired among children with ACEs

• Adverse childhood experiences are tied to long-term psychotic disorder outcomes

• Interaction of perceived social support and childhood maltreatment on limbic responsivity towards negative emotional stimuli in healthy individuals

• Childhood trauma linked to distrust of health care professionals

• Stigma and discrimination towards men suffering from mental health remain barriers to getting treatment

Brain and biology

• For young children, trauma during critical periods can alter brain development 

• Individuals with PTSD exhibit numerous neural connectivity pattern alterations

• Psychedelics show promise in enhancing brain plasticity

• Researchers reveal neurons that regulate sensitivity to threat in mice

• Evidence of how the experience of racial discrimination may alter brain connectivity, cellular aging, and brain health

• How childhood trauma can impact the brain

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

• Restorative justice scheme helps to turn young offenders away from crime

• Shedding light on post-incarceration syndrome

Posttraumatic stress disorder and moral injury

• Workplace bullying: Weaponizing belonging at work

• I tried brain spotting therapy to heal my betrayal trauma, and the results stunned me

• Clinician's Trauma Update Online - Issue 18(3), June 2024

• One-third of bereaved adults in the US meet criteria for PTSD

• Grappling with the problem of moral distress

• What I wish I’d asked Dr. Gabor Maté when I had the chance

• PTSD and pain: What’s the connection in women and men veterans?

• How the FDA can help American veterans suffering from PTSD

• People of color and white women underrepresented in clinical trials due to systematic biases

Resilience

• How to get health benefits from 'forest bathing'

• New Study: Maternal grandmothers key to grandchildren's resilience against adversities

Schools

• Survey: Most parents believe schools should have a mental health professional

• Relationship between childhood trauma and non-suicidal self-injury in high school students: the mediating role of the stress perception and the moderating role of teacher-student relationship

• Tips for promoting calm in preschool

Trainings

• Criminal Justice Leaders Responding to Addiction

• Understanding Substance Use Disorders and Stigma

• Well-being for All - 1.5 day training - August 19-20, 2024 (Pewaukee)

• Well-being for All - 1.5 day training - October 14-15, 2024 (Pewaukee)

• Well-being for all - Certification - August 19-22, 2024 (Pewaukee)

• Well-being for all - Certification - October 14-17, 2024 (Pewaukee)

• Community of Practice (Virtual, free) - September 24, 2024, 7:00 am - 8:00 am Central

• Community of Practice (Virtual, free) - November 12, 2024, 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Central

• Community of Practice (Virtual, free) - January 9, 2025, 7:00 am - 8:00 am Central

Trauma-informed care

• Research shouldn’t cause trauma – let’s find a better way

• Improve healthcare facilities by creating human-centered spaces

• Trauma-informed care is emergency care

• HR leaders have a responsibility to be trauma-informed, McLean says

• Essential intimate partner violence care for women

• Department of Human Services highlights trauma-informed research and resources for individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism

Violence

• How domestic and family violence drives youth crime

• Arts-based research deepens understanding of intimate partner violence in pregnancy

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