A note from the editor

This edition of the Trauma-Informed News and Notes is the final edition. I’m retiring in early October. It is my hope you have found this content helpful and instrumental in your personal and professional growth. Our purpose in curating this content and sharing it with you was to transform Wisconsin into a trauma-informed state and help Wisconsinites live their best lives. Thank you for all you’ve done to support this transformation. I wish you all the best as you continue with this work.

- Scott Webb

ACEs, adversity's impact 

• Review of research on adverse childhood experiences identifies significant differences in size of effects

• Parental distraction by technology impacts children’s mental health

• As Prescribed: Treating trauma in kids may ward off adulthood disease

• Traumatic life events, violence, and obesity: A cross-sectional study from 408 patients enrolled in a bariatric surgery program

• Native Americans have experienced a dramatic decline in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic – but the drop has been in the making for generations

• Long-term health impacts of childhood trauma

Brain and biology

• The brain stores at least 3 copies of every memory

• What childhood trauma actually does to your brain and how to heal

• New study shows targeted brain stimulation can block traumatic memory consolidation

• Breakthrough research sheds light on the hidden effects of stress on sperm

Courts, juvenile justice, corrections, and probation

• Prison is a disaster for women—here's what could work instead

• The risk for readmission to juvenile detention: The role of trauma exposure and trauma-related mental health disorders

• How does early childhood trauma affect the lives of adults imprisoned for violent crimes?

Posttraumatic stress disorder and moral injury

• Talking it out: Psychological debriefing after trauma

• The silent exodus: Are nurse practitioners and physician assistants quiet quitting?

• Post-traumatic stress after childbirth is underrecognized by clinicians

• Loneliness follows a U-shaped path across adulthood, study finds

• Comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and Trichotillomania

• Groundbreaking study shows women more genetically prone to PTSD

• Fighting burnout with deeper human connections

• Clinician's Trauma Update Online - August 2024 - Vol. 18(4)

• Exploring the impact of multiple social support types on PTSS in ambulance personnel

• Can emotional dysregulation help explain adolescent PTSD?

• Sickness absence after work accidents and post-traumatic stress among white-collar workers in the retail and wholesale industry; a longitudinal Swedish cohort study

Resilience

• Positive experiences can protect children's heart health

• How hope beats mindfulness when times are tough

Schools

• Resources to address school violence

• Leaders must address teacher well-being with action, not just self-care talk

• Do fidgets help students focus?

• Astonishing’ absenteeism, trauma rates root of academic crisis

• PTSD diagnoses have been sweeping college campuses — here’s why and how students can cope

Violence

• The moderating and mediating role of responsive parenting behavior in explaining the link between intimate partner violence and posttraumatic stress symptoms in young children

• Families of victims of violent assault have double the risk of anxiety—new study

• Unveiling the traumatic impact of cyber dating abuse and offline intimate partner violence: exploring the mediating role of adult attachment

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