How Can Domestic Abuse Be Stopped?
from The Chicago Tribune
 Peter Diessel fidgeted as he sat at a table with other men who had physically abused women. It was his latest attempt to change behavior that stretches back 18 years. His problem, he told the group, had surfaced shortly after his honeymoon. More
Make the NASW IL Chapter Relevant For You in 2009
from NASW IL
 This past week, I wrote my check for my inaugural membership in AARP. As 2008 turned into 2009, I also turned 50 in December. I am still a little younger than the NASW, which was established in 1955 and a little younger than the average age of an NASW member. More
Study to Pinpoint Best Rehab Treatments for Traumatic Brain Injuries
from The Chicago Tribune
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is one of 11 health-care facilities in the United States and Canada that will share a $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify the most effective rehabilitation therapies for traumatic brain injuries. The five-year study will collect detailed records on more than 2,300 patients nationwide who have suffered moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries. More
Vulnerability to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Runs in Families, Study Shows
from Science Daily
Earthquakes have aftershocks — not just the geological kind but the mental kind as well. Just like veterans of war, earthquake survivors can experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. The researchers used statistical methods to assess heritabilities. One method was used to determine the genetic component of a disorder such as PTSD. More
Diocese's Transitional Shelter in Joliet, Ill., Prepares Women for Independent Living
from The Chicago Tribune
Dominique Williams first found herself homeless, with no place to take her young children, two years ago when her uncle sold the Joliet house in which she was staying. Williams turned to a shelter for housing until she could move in with another relative, she said. But about 11 months ago, Williams had to leave that housing arrangement to ensure the comfort of her children, she said. That's when the mother of four turned to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet, Ill. More
Oak Park Police Chief in Suburban Chicago Earns Accreditation
from The Chicago Sun-Times
Oak Park Police Chief Rick C. Tanksley has been designated a certified police chief by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, an honor that signifies he has met the highest standards of competency and conduct for his profession. Tanksley, who holds a master of social work degree from the Jane Addams School of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago, began his career with the Oak Park Police Department in 1984. More
Why Falling Off the Wagon Isn't Fatal
from Time magazine
Most people who try to change problem behaviors — whether it's overeating, overspending or smoking cigarettes — will slip at least once. Whether that slip provokes a return to full-blown addiction depends in large part on how the person regards the misstep. "People with a strong abstinence-violation effect relapse much more quickly," said Alan Marlatt, director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington. A single slip solidifies their sense that they are a failure and cannot quit, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. More
A Rise in Efforts to Spot Abuse in Youth Dating
from The New York Times
She was 17 when she met her boyfriend, and 20 when she died at his hands. In between, Heather Norris tried several times to leave the relationship, which was fraught with control and abuse, before she was killed — stabbed, dismembered and discarded in trash bags. More
Man Challenges Gangs with Basketball
from MSNBC
If somebody tried to burn your house down — not once, but twice in the last eight years — you might think that the neighborhood was not a good match for you, right? Rob Castaneda and his wife, Amy, don’t feel that way. They have faced gang violence, literally at their front door, and after 10 years, remain ensconced in their two-story home in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, home to the East-West dividing line between two gangs, the Latin Kings and the Two-Six. More
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