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Kristen McClure

Jul 01, 2021

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Newsletter Issue 11

July 1, 2021

A Newsletter for The Charlotte Social Worker and Therapist Facebook Group

RESEARCH BRIEFS

Figuring out why fish oil helps depression

A key molecular mechanism underpinning the anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, and neuroprotective effects of omega-3 fatty acids has been identified.

In findings that could lead to the development of new treatments for depression, the research provides the "first evidence" that hippocampal neurons are able to produce two key lipid metabolites of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) — lipoxygenase and cytochrome P450, lead investigator Alessandra Borsini, PhD, told Medscape Medical News.https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953646?src=WNL_mdpls_210629_mscpedit_psych&uac=282860EZ&spon=12&impID=3474652&faf=1

Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Risk for Suicidal Thoughts, Actions

Young adults who use cannabis ― either sporadically, daily, or those who have cannabis use disorder ― have a significantly increased risk for suicidal thoughts and actions, according to US national drug survey data.

The risks appear greater for women than men and remained regardless of whether the individual was depressed.

"We cannot establish that cannabis use caused increased suicidality," Nora Volkow, MD, director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), told Medscape Medical News.

"However, it is likely that these two factors influence one another bidirectionally, meaning people with suicidal thinking might be more vulnerable to cannabis use to self-medicate their distress, and cannabis use may trigger negative moods and suicidal thinking in some people," said Volkow.

Their ancestors were enslaved workers. Now they're getting $2,100 a year in reparations

For more than a century -- during slavery, Reconstruction and beyond -- the seminary used Black Americans for forced labor. Between 1823 and 1951, hundreds of Black people were forced to work for little or no pay on the campus as farmers, dishwashers and cooks, among other jobs. Now the seminary is offering cash reparations to descendants. This is likely the first program of its kind. Learn about it here. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/27/us/virginia-seminary-reparations-trnd/index.html

https://www.rickhanson.net/being-well-podcast-how-to-make-a-big-decision/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=5+Mindful+Musings++-+June+23%2C+2021&utm_campaign=5+Mindful+Musings+-+June+23%2C+2021

Podcast Trauma informed lawyering

On this episode of Transforming Trauma, our host Sarah Buino is joined by Marjorie Florestal. Marjorie is a trauma-informed law professor, storyteller, and fiction writer. Marjorie trained in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) and shares how she is incorporating her understanding of complex trauma and NARM into her work as a law professor. Throughout the episode, Sarah and Marjorie discuss the integration of trauma, law, storytelling, and ways to support healing through a trauma-informed lens. Listen to this episode of Transforming Trauma here: https://narmtraining.com/transformingtrauma/episode-045/

CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Which Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria Predict Suicide Attempts in US Adults?

Authors: News Author: Pauline Anderson; CME Author: Laurie Barclay, MD
CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/25/2021
Valid for credit through: 6/25/2022https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/953440?src=wnl_tpal_210626_mscpedu&impID=3469112

Learn about what being Asexual means

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOAZStLbKv/

How hard should it really be to make restaurants ADA compliant?

“ Complying with ADA guidelines should not be considered an added expense or something that restaurant owners can push to the wayside. It is the law, just as state mandates for indoor and outdoor dining, limited capacities, and other social-distancing protocols were. It’s disheartening to see how quickly and ingeniously many restaurants are able to pivot when it’s the bottom line that’s at risk (and understandably so: I am sympathetic to their need to survive), rather than the needs of their customers with disabilities.”https://newsopener.com/food-drinks/if-restaurants-can-build-a-sidewalk-shed-they-can-accommodate-disabled-diners/

GO BUFFALO

This is warming my heart. “The challenger, India B. Walton, is a nurse and community activist who ran with the support of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families Party. When The Associated Press called the race Wednesday morning, Ms. Walton was leading Byron Brown, a longtime member of the Democratic establishment, by 7 percentage points, or about 1,500 votes, with all of the in-person ballots counted.

Should Ms. Walton, 38, triumph in the general election in November — a likely result in heavily Democratic Buffalo — she would be the first female mayor in Buffalo’s history and the first socialist mayor of a major American city since 1960, when Frank P. Zeidler stepped down as Milwaukee’s mayor. “https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/nyregion/india-walton-buffalo-mayor-socialist.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

CEU’s Which borderline characteristics predict suicide?

CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Which Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria Predict Suicide Attempts in US Adults?

Authors: News Author: Pauline Anderson; CME Author: Laurie Barclay, MD
CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/25/2021
Valid for credit through: 6/25/2022https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/953440?src=wnl_tpal_210626_mscpedu&impID=3469112

NOT A GOOD WEEK FOR WOMEN

The age old history of men policing women’s trauma

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/britney-spears-and-age-old-history-men-policing-womens-trauma-180978099/

Sex Offender Bill Cosby is Freed

https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a36661319/bill-cosby-accuser-andrea-constand-book-the-moment/

EXCERPT Igniting the Heart Awakening Compassion to Transform Your World Taught by Pema Chödrön

Feeling with Heart

“The basic view here—of feeling what you feel with heart, with tenderness, with kindness—is that there’s nothing that you or I, or other human beings, can feel that we need to be ashamed of. There’s nothing that we can feel that isn’t worthy of our kindness, that isn’t worthy of our attention, that isn’t worthy of our warmth. So in a way, even though this is a teaching about what it feels like to be stuck and what it feels like to be hooked and caught, nevertheless, the basic view is that if you want to get unhooked, or disentangled, then it’s important to be able to actually experience feeling what you feel at that time—with kindness, with heart. Not as something that’s bad, or good for that matter, but just feeling directly what you feel.”

JULY CALENDAR: Resilience!

Richard Swartz has a new Book “NO BAD PARTS”. GREAT interview on Sound's TRUE

According to Dick, “These parts of ourselves have protective intentions. They are parts of ourselves that are often frozen in past traumas when their extreme roles were needed. When they trust it is safe to step out of their roles, they are highly valuable to the system. They have valuable talents and resources to lend to us to help us in our life.” https://resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/no-bad-parts/utm_source=Customer%20Service&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=N210627-Schwartz%20%28TQHxAh%29&_kx=BA3yJvhWZG8WVh_WCDj2-eX18XbJZtQZHjNDWxmbsGlG1ZcuDMghL0OMeiJ4WRkr.JMDgaq