Information about Trauma, Child Abuse and Neglect

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Cutland, M. (2012). Child abuse and its legislation: the global picture. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(, 679–684. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-301648

The author reviews the global pandemic of violence against children and provides an overview of the legislation that has evolved over the last century in response to it.

Grant S., & Lappin, J. (2017). Childhood trauma: Psychiatry's greatest public health challenge? The Lancet, 2(7). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(17)30104-4/fulltext

Childhood injury and abuse are major and potentially modifiable contributors to the global burden of disease. Recent evidence underlines their effect beyond specific post-traumatic syndromes. Childhood trauma disrupts crucial physiological, psychological, and social developmental processes. It increases the risk of the full range of mental disorders, from personality, mood, and substance use disorders to psychosis. It should be seen as a major challenge requiring not only a systematic public health framework, but also a wider societal response to the prevalence and sequelae of childhood trauma. The questions now must be how best to respond to the central role of trauma in mental illness by developing effective approaches to reduce exposure, to reduce negative outcomes in the young people exposed, and to ensure effective detection and treatment for the millions of people affected.

The Wisdom of Trauma - https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13863968/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl

One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24. It kills over 800,000 people a year globally and 48,300 in the USA. Drug overdose kills 81,000 in the USA annually. The autoimmunity epidemic affects 24 million people in the USA. What is going on? The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. But not in the way you might think.

In The Wisdom of Trauma, we travel alongside physician, bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Gabor Maté to explore why Western society is facing such epidemics. This is a journey with a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma and society. Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul. He points us to the path of individual and collective healing.

"Trauma is not what happens to you. Trauma is what happens inside you, as a result of what happens to you."
Dr. Gabor Maté

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FAQs & Answers Guide Trauma-Informed Legal Practice  - https://generativityco.simplero.com/page/214757-faqs-about-trauma-informed-lawyering

Question #1: What is trauma?
Think of  it in terms of difficult, challenging situations that can overwhelm our capacity to cope.

Question #2: How does trauma show up in law?
Many lawyers think of themselves as firefighters.  Where d you put out fires?  Clients think of it in terms of law creating further burdens or even harm to an already difficult situation.

Question #3: What are some tools to help?
Trauma is a biopsychosocial experience, affecting us physically, mentally, emotionally and socially.  There are multiple tools or supports for each area.

Question #4: Where do I start?
A simple and effective place to begin is with communication.  Where do you make assumptions that can be replaced with questions?  Example:  how is the client experiencing this case instead of what are the problems in this case?  (This assumes problems.)

Note: There is a free guide for download at this link. 

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Resilience - https://kpjrfilms.co/resilience/about-the-film/

The child may not remember but the body remembers.

Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. Resilience, however, also chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back. Trailblazers in pediatrics, education, and social welfare are using cutting-edge science and field-tested therapies to protect children from the insidious effects of toxic stress—and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.