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Recent Blog Posts

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  The Origin of Language by Dr. Henry Kellerman
  Now published and available by clicking here, The Origin of Language is an important new title from American Mental Health Foundation Books. Order your copy today, and in doing so you are also supporting [...]
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  Maureen McKew Joins The American Mental Health Foundation Board of Directors
  For 27 years, Maureen McKew has been associated with the Catechetical Office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, first as a volunteer, then as a consultant and, for almost 15 years, as [...]
• Child Abuse, Natural Disasters, and Health Care Providers
  A busy pediatrician looked troubled and tense. He had seen this five-year old, Angela, once before two years ago. Then, it was a fall from some playground equipment her mother had said. Today, mom [...]
• Domestic Violence, Natural Disasters, and Health Care Providers
  “Home is where the heart is” is a common expression that connotes caring and support. However in some homes it means heartache, medical injury, psychological terror, and even death. Not all family values are [...]
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  The Assaulted Staff Action Program: 30 Years of Service to Employee Victims
  It happens. Violence suddenly erupts. It may be in homes, in schools, in factories, in houses of worship, or in the community’s streets. We know what happens. The first responders arrive. The assailant is [...]
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  Trauma Surgeons and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  Mental toughness…..Mental toughness. A characteristic highly prized by trauma surgeons. Today, however, one trauma surgeon didn’t have it. She had difficulty concentrating, and the patient before her had serious life-threatening injuries that required her [...]
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  In Memory of Eugene P. Gollogly
  In memory of our caring, multi-talented colleague Gene Gollogly, October 4, 1950 – January 7, 2021: Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of The American Mental Health Foundation; a board member [...]
• The Ninth Annual Report of The American Mental Health Foundation
  Annual Report of AMHF November 1, 2018, to October 31, 2019 This is the Ninth Annual Report of The American Mental Health Foundation (AMHF), a research organization formed in 1924, incorporated in New York [...]
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  Preventing Youth Violence: Twenty Years Later (Enhanced Findings and Treatment Interventions, Part 2)
  Twenty years ago I published a book on a topic of national concern: preventing youth violence. The American Mental Health Foundation (AMHF) requested I write two blogs that highlighted the contents in the book. [...]
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  Preventing Youth Violence: Twenty Years Later (New Findings, Part 1)
  Twenty years ago I published a book on a topic of national concern: preventing youth violence (Flannery, 2012a). The American Mental Health Foundation (AMHF), with its emphasis on improving mental-health awareness, requested I write [...]