Tag: childhood trauma
When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses
Jennifer Harman, Colorado State University
Domestic abuse can involve one parent using a child as a weapon against the...
Stressful times are an opportunity to teach children resilience
Vanessa LoBue, Rutgers University - Newark
Between the global COVID-19 pandemic, the associated economic downturn and widespread protests over racism, it’s difficult for everyone....
How universal childhood trauma screenings could backfire
David Finkelhor, University of New Hampshire
It is well established that child maltreatment and other childhood adversities are associated with poor outcomes later on in...
Why the nation should screen all students for trauma like California...
Sunny Shin, Virginia Commonwealth University
As the first person to hold the new role of Surgeon General of California, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is pushing...
Howard Stern talks childhood trauma, and a trauma psychiatrist talks about...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
With the awakening in society of the importance of mental health, combined with advances in neuroscience and psychiatry, much...
Public libraries can (literally) serve as a shelter from the storm
Grace Morris, Michigan State University
U.S. public libraries often transform into shelters during emergencies.
After Superstorm Sandy, for example, the Princeton Public Library in New...
Why it’s hard to ‘just get over it’ for people who...
Joan Cook, Yale University
People’s past, present and future are interconnected, and so is our country’s. Being willing to consider the connection between historical trauma...
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Mark Smith, University of Leeds and Chris Thomas, University of Lincoln
Of an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide each year, around 93% are...
