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May 2020

Governor Declares May 3-9 Resilience Week in Virginia

As Greater Richmond SCAN , in collaboration with members from the Greater Richmond Trauma-Informed Community Network and the 26 Trauma-Informed Community Networks across the state , began planning for the first annual Resilience Week Virginia, we certainly did not imagine we would be celebrating in the midst of a global pandemic. We worked to adapt activities and events to be done virtually as it became clear that the week, May 3-9, would take place in the midst of these strange new...

Mount Sinai Announces Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth [newswise.com]

by Mount Sinai Health System, April 29,2020 Newswise — (New York, NY – April 30, 2020 ) -- Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS), one of New York’s largest integrated health systems, announced today the launch of the Mount Sinai Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth, a first-of-its-kind initiative in North America that is designed to address the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and lives of frontline health care providers at Mount Sinai and will serve as a model...

Fighting ACEs Amid the Pandemic

When a pandemic hits, and suddenly nothing is the same, it’s a sobering opportunity to take a deep breath and to take stock. At Center for Child Counseling, we specialize in childhood trauma and Fighting ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and we'll keep doing what we so best...

Family Estrangement, What is It?

All families have their squabbles and days when one member might not speak to another. However, there is one type of painful situation where the communication between family members stops; this is family estrangement. Often, family estrangement occurs when an adult child is learning to cope with and get rid of harmful people in their lives, but it can happen under other circumstances as well. This article will explore family estrangement, what it is, and what a person might do to help...

Utah Guard soldiers bring their language skills to a new battlefront - as contact tracers in war against coronavirus [sltrib.com]

By Nate Carlisle, The Salt Lake Tribune, April 27, 2020 Lt. Col. Scott Chalmers once deployed to Afghanistan to communicate with locals there for the U.S. Army. Now he’s overseeing soldiers trying to tell Utahns about the coronavirus. “Our job is to help the community wherever we’re at,” said Chalmers, the administrative officer for the Utah National Guard’s 300th Military Intelligence Brigade. Twenty soldiers from the brigade are among the battalion of state employees who have volunteered...

Lowering costs, improving lives, even during a pandemic [jhnewsandguide.com]

By Tom Hallberg, Jackson Hole News & Guide, April 29, 2020 It was September when Julia Heemstra told the St. John’s Health Board of Trustees about an exciting new program she was developing — lifestyle medicine. She described a set of treatments with the potential to reverse chronic conditions and improve patient quality of life, while lowering the use of medication. The emerging field of medicine combines wellness offerings with behavioral alterations, and it has the potential to do two...

Keep up with children's health during pandemic. Especially now, pediatricians can help. [usatoday.com]

By Sara "Sally" Goza and Patrice Harris, USA Today, April 28, 2020 COVID-19 has drastically changed how we live our lives and brought much of the world to a standstill. It’s a scary time for parents who worry about becoming ill or caring for loved ones who have contracted the virus, as well as for the many Americans whose ability to support their families is becoming uncertain. With all of the turmoil, it’s easy to forget how this is affecting our children. Thankfully, for the most part,...

Unsafe conditions for children in wake of COVID-19 [northcarolinahealthnews.org]

By Sarah Ovaska, North Carolina Health News, April 28, 2020 The spread of the novel coronavirus has meant an unprecedented retreat from our everyday lives – schools unexpectedly shut down, restaurants closed, and many jobs suddenly disappeared. Children as a whole seem to be avoiding the more serious health effects of COVID-19. But that doesn’t mean they are all safe. The closure of public schools and some child care facilities means some vulnerable children could be staying in homes that...

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