Trauma Center

WEWS: Jennifer King, assistant professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, discussed her "Take A Break" micropractice deck, a pocket-size deck of 28 cards—based on the brain science of stress and healing—to soothe, settle or energize the body and mind. Read the article...

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress and healing was super relevant to all of us...

Science News Explores: Laura Voith, assistant professor, and Erika Kura, a dual degree social work and public health student, offered up some pointers to help teenagers who are dating to identify signs of trouble and when it’s time to seek outside help. Read the article...

Assistant Professor Laura Voith discussed teen dating violence and abusive relationships in Science News Explores, as well as how prevention programs can help—"Programs that make teens aware of what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like tend to have better outcomes," she said. Read the arti...

Medications for opioid-use disorder (OUD) are associated with lower death rates and improved quality of life for people in recovery. But which of the most commonly used medications for OUD are most effective? And how does that effectiveness improve when coupled with behavioral therapy? A new study...

Jennifer King, assistant professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, wrote about navigating stress amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In her piece, titled “The Pandemic Stress Hack That Just Might Keep You Going” and published on Medium, King explained how not all stress is a bad thi...

Helping Cleveland’s residents and neighborhoods thrive Partnering to propel a neighborhood’s renewal Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood sits just a mile southwest of Case Western Reserve’s campus, but to Debbie Wilber, it feels like “a world away.” After...

From the raging opioid epidemic to social justice and gun violence and to the trauma caused by the global pandemic, the expertise and insight of the faculty at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University were at the forefront of the stories...

Initiated by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Grand Challenges for Social Work is a groundbreaking initiative to champion social progress powered by science. It is a call to action for all social workers to work together to tackle our nation’s toughest social problems. Th...

More than 100 students at Case Western Reserve University—most of them social workers in training—will learn how to help meet a growing need in communities starved for behavioral health workers, thanks to a new $1.9 million federal grant to the university’s interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Workfo...