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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

This blog from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence discusses the dynamics of abuse and helpful resources. This resource from the American Psychiatric Association provides expert responses to common questions pertaining to PTSD. . Dynamics of Abuse . Expert Q&A: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) .

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Preventing school shootings

Stop Abuse Campaign

Yet, he talked his way out of the psychiatric hold and avoided triggering a system that would have prohibited him from buying guns. Answer these ten confidential questions developed with the CDC and understand your warning signs. – Mandate safe storage for firearms. – Mandate training and licensing for firearms.

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Suicide prevention means child protection

Stop Abuse Campaign

We can break the ten ACEs into three categories: abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual), neglect (physical and emotional), and household or familial stressors (severe parental mental illness, parental addiction, parental domestic violence, parental incarceration and having a parent disappear due to death, abandonment or divorce).