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Lunch, Learn & Connect 1.13.2021
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Runaway and Homeless Youth, Mental Health, and Trauma-Informed Care
Young people run away or become homeless for a variety of reasons, many of which can be linked to psychological and emotional trauma. Whether it’s abuse, the consequences of living in poverty, a lack of empathy and support for their self-identity, or some combination of the three, runaway and homeless youth (RHY) often experience significant …
War on Drugs an Epic Fail
Addiction is a health issue, not a moral failing, and physicians need to champion public policy changes that put treatment first and reverse the "absurd" focus on the war against drugs, which has never and will never work, say editors of the BMJ. "All wars cause human rights violations and the war on drugs is …
A Sheriff And A Doctor Team Up To Map Childhood Trauma
The University of Florida's Dr. Nancy Hardt has an unusual double specialty: She's both a pathologist and an OB-GYN. For the first half of her career, she brought babies into the world. Then she switched — to doing autopsies on people after they die. "I want to prevent what I'm seeing on the autopsy table. …