"What if we looked at violence in America as a public health crisis rather than a crime problem?...
"“We know that stress and trauma have an impact on physical and mental health and brain development,” said Dr. John Rich, Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the Drexel University School of Public Health and director of the school’s Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice. Dr. Rich interviewed scores of young men recuperating from knife or gunshot wounds and shared his findings in the book Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men. He found that many of our young people are under tremendous stress....
"Dr. Hardy has observed the erosion of community, relationships, and connectedness in impoverished neighborhoods where young people are often left to raise themselves and find a sense of belonging in the streets....
"Once we observe this trauma and rage happening, how can we help heal it?...
"Dr. Robert Ross, a pediatrician who is the president and CEO of The California Endowment, shared examples of successful approaches he’s seen in their Healthy Communities initiative, including the simple power of programs that allow young people to tell their stories in a safe and supportive space....."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/stress-trauma-loss-rage_b_3405201.html
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