It’s not just that surviving a traumatic childhood prevents us from learning various things in childhood that we need to learn later in life to be successful. It’s also possible that our brains aren’t developing correctly: “In brain scans from the people who lived with high stress as children, Birn and Pollak could see a…
I’ve said similar things before, but maybe not this well: “Small achievements are still achievements and celebrating them feeds our dreams and goals. It gives us fuel to move further down the road or up the mountain because we take time to look back and we realize how far we have come. We remind ourselves…
Another example of the road to hell being paved by good intentions. A concerted effort to grow community-based care options that were less restrictive grew out of the civil rights movement and a series of scandals due to the lack of oversight in psychiatric care, Sisti says. While those efforts have been successful for many,…
Sadly, this is probably about the same in other countries as well. “Data from 32 NHS Trusts in England showed about 60% of under-18s who are referred to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by their GP are not receiving treatment, according to figures obtained by Spurgeons children’s charity.” The reason I believe it’s…
It may not be the only thing we need to do in terms of combating child abuse, but there is simply nothing more important than this: “Clearly, parents need to prepare children for the mental games of secrecy and grooming that characterize most childhood sexual abuse. Levine and Klein observe that while abusers may use…
I lived in Oregon until earlier this year, Portland has a huge problem with homelessness and lack of mental health resources, which is why so many people wind up in jail at least temporarily. This is what happens when you don’t have mental health resources available though. A REPORT RELEASED by Disability Rights Oregon (DRO)…
