What action can take to change the ways we care for children and adults with unresolved trauma issues while also focusing on preventing traumas from occurring in the first place? Many of us realize that the systems we have in place to care for children and families are woefully unprepared to consider how trauma plays […]
Theory: Can Compassion Reduce or Prevent PTSD
I have been reading a fascinating and very informative new book called Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference. As the title suggests, the authors studied the impact of compassion on health outcomes in hospitals and other medical settings. They define compassion as “the emotional response to another’s pain or suffering, involving […]
Can Brain Scans Help Predict Mental Illness in Teenagers
From 2007 to 2015 research on emergency room visits due to attempted suicides in teenagers has shown that it has doubled in those 7 years. Those of us who deal with teenagers in schools and clinics have become intensely aware of the increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression in our teenagers. Much of this […]
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