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Recognizing that college can be a stressful time with new freedoms, responsibilities, experiences and challenges, the 2017 Virginia General Assembly wanted to put additional supports in place to help students.
This specialized Higher Education module helps Resident Advisors to better recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance abuse. Just as it is difficult to tell the difference between a heart attack and a panic attack, it can be challenging to distinguish what is normal adolescent angst and what may be the onset of a mental health crisis.
Enhancing Higher Education - Rappahannock Area Community Services Board
rappahannockareacsb.org
As it is difficult to tell the difference between a heart attack and a panic attack, it can be challenging to distinguish normal adolescent angst from the onset of a mental health crisis.RACSB is one of eight CSBs currently providing the Understanding ACEs training coordinated by Keith Cartwright with DBHDS who is quoted in the article
Resiliency is the key to breaking the generational cycle of trauma, Cartwright said, for both children and adults.
He has been spreading education about adverse childhood experiences to community services boards across the state, which provide mental and behavioral health services to area residents. The goal is that those organizations will then be able to share that information with their own communities.
He’s seen mothers break down during a presentation because they finally make the connection between how their own trauma has affected their parenting.
“I think just in knowing that is a starting point to breaking the cycle,” he said.
virginiamercury.com
When she was a child, Kristen Garland spent a lot of time alone in her room with the door locked. Maybe the lock could keep away the men who abused her. Maybe the lock could stop her flashbacks, or he...We were thrilled to host Marvin Figueroa, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources, who stopped by on his way to speak at a Virginia Association of Counties conference. This morning, we showed Mr. Figueroa our medication-assisted treatment and crisis stabilization programs and an intermediate care facility.
To curb these overdose deaths, we offer REVIVE! training. Our next free class will be Aug. 22. Participants will receive a free tool kit from Virginia Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and will be able to receive a free dose of narcan from Virginia Department of Health. To register or to learn more, contact Sherry Norton-Williams at 540-374-3337, ext. 102 or snorton@rappahannockareacsb.org.
Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017
nytimes.com
Fentanyl is a big culprit, but there are also encouraging signs from states that have prioritized public health campaigns and addiction treatment.