by Stephen Grcevich MD | Jun 11, 2016 | Advocacy, Controversies, PTSD
At the time I finished my child psychiatry training 25 years ago, I stepped into a job as Medical Director (and later, Clinical Director) of a large residential treatment center that offered treatment programs for teens (with and without intellectual disabilities) who...
by Key Ministry | Apr 4, 2016 | Adoption, Advocacy, Foster Care, Hidden Disabilities, Key Ministry, PTSD
By Shannon Dingle I want the answer to be yes. Oh, how much I want that! But scientific research shows it’s not true. Before I unpack that, though, let’s talk about trauma. I’ve written about it from an adoption and foster care perspective, but other kids...
by Key Ministry | Apr 4, 2016 | Adoption, Families, Foster Care, Key Ministry, Strategies
Children cry. Children have meltdowns. Children sometimes push or shove or hit. Kids act out from time to time. Some kids shut down when disciplined or even simply when an adult talks directly to them at all. I could go on, but you get the picture. Many...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Apr 4, 2016 | Abuse, Adoption, Foster Care, Key Ministry, Mental Health, PTSD, Resources
The potential effects of trauma and abuse on the developing brain and nervous system are powerful and incredibly complex. Healthy brain development is highly contingent upon a number of highly interrelated neuroregulatory systems that are highly sensitive to...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Jun 13, 2013 | Adoption, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Trauma
When I read through the new criteria for Reactive Attachment Disorder, I found myself hard pressed to think of any condition in which so great a disconnect exists between the way it is defined by academicians and community-based clinicians. Beginning with the...
