Jun 25,2018 | in Social Emotional Health
When it comes to life-threatening issues like school safety, constituents are less and less hopeful that leaders will do their job in a manner that honors the will of the people they represent.
By TribTalk
Michelle Kinder, Executive Director of Momentous Institute, carries on a century-old mission to help children overcome trauma and toxic stress to learn how to live happy, healthy lives.
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Mar 20,2015 | in Mental Health, Research, Social Emotional Health
It has been estimated that each year, over one million children in the United States are misdiagnosed with a mental illness that could be better explained by trauma. That’s a lot of children inaccurately being labeled with a mental illness. The problem of misdiagnosis is important. If we misdiagnose or mislabel a child with a mental illness, we run the risk of recommending or providing treatment that will potentially not alleviate or address the child’s core problems.
By Matt Leahy, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist