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All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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1.6KOpinionSelfishly Selfless: Social Anxiety, Addiction and the Benefits of Service
People in recovery vividly recall their first experiences with drugs and alcohol as teenagers.
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Grants
Childhood Bereavement Services Organization Capacity Building Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Mental Health, Childhood Trauma | Deadline: July 11, 2016
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1.3KOpinionTime to End State-sanctioned Assaults on Our Schoolchildren
When I arrived in North Carolina more than a decade ago to teach and practice law, it was a bit of a...
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14.2KNewsTeen Stress and the Growing Brain
Anyone who works with adolescents knows what recent science has confirmed: Teenagers just don’t think like adults. In fact, researchers have known...
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8.6KOpinionConsidering a Research-Informed Theoretical Framework for Trauma-Informed Approaches
Trauma-informed self-sufficiency programs are in their infancy in assessing how, where and when to address trauma among their clients. But new frameworks...
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1.4KOpinionPreventive Services Saved My Family
I was pregnant when I aged out of foster care. My boyfriend and I wanted to have the baby, but I worried...
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4.2KNewsNolan’s Story
"I just couldn't stop," said Nolan Eley, 25, who lived through a revolving door of getting help, relapsing and alienating loved ones...
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2.5KFrom the BureausTraumatized, Locked Up, LA Girls Starting to Get More Help
Moriah Barrett, then 14, woke up to burns on her body one night along with physical evidence that she had been raped....
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9.2KNewsSeeking Mental Health Support: Teens Helped Pass New Law to Access Mental Health Care Without Parental Consent
Jordan T. was 16 years old when he tried to see a mental health care professional to help him resolve “issues” at...
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2.4KOpinionPlaying Offense: Behavioral Health Interventions During Adolescence Is Our Best Shot
In the behavioral health field, it is clear that the most high-stakes developmental period is adolescence, when mental illness and substance use...
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Grants
Grants for Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma
Subject: Health, Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Community Development | Deadline: Apr. 18, 2016
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3.3KNewsConvicted on Drug Charges, Georgia Youth Faces Life After Rehab
NEWNAN, Ga. — It was the fake $100 bill that finally landed Corey Roberts in prison. He’d already had one close call,...
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6.7KOpinionFive Questions That Will Help You Help Kids by Asking About Pets
Do you ever ask young people you serve to talk about their pets? If not, you may be missing out on a...
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4.0KNewsNew Jersey Teens Help Create New Law for Youth to Access Mental Health Without Parents’ Consent
“In a typical legislative hearing you have aids whispering in the legislators’ ears, you have rustling of papers, you have side conversations,...
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1.2KNewsFriends
Six stories of losing friends to overdose are woven into one tale of drugs and loss.
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Grants
Mental Health and Teen Pregnancy Program Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Teen Parenting | Deadline: June 30, 2016
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3.6KNewsCalifornia High School Health Clinic Asks Students About Childhood Trauma to Improve Their Health
When students show up for an appointment at the Elsie Allen Health Center, located on the Elsie Allen High School campus in...
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Grants
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative – Community Treatment and Services Centers Grant Program
Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Community Support, Child Trauma, Mental Health | Deadline: Feb. 4, 2016
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5.0KFrom the FieldUniting Sport and Therapy on One Field
Children who participate in Doc Wayne’s Chalk Talk program are most often survivors of complex trauma. According to the National Alliance on...
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Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration underwent a careful review of existing research about conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth and...
