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This article explores what grieving a loved one’s suicide can feel like and suggests some strategies that can help you cope with suicide grief.

At some point about a year ago, it occurred to Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo that some children in his city were traumatized by gun violence and other events, including the arrest of a parent, which was leading to increased calls to police to deal with problems at school.

Officers missed chance to comfort a scared 5-year-old, psychologists say, and instead made things worse.

Yale New Haven Hospital’s Injury and Violence Prevention Center is working to disrupt the cycle of gun violence in the New Haven community.

Yale Child Study Center Professor James F. Leckman, MD, PhD reflects on a recent international conference in Warsaw, Poland and the mental health needs of displaced children and families traumatized by war.

In the wake of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Tex., experts from the Yale Center for Traumatic Stress and Recovery at the Yale Child Study Center share advice on how to navigate this difficult topic with children.

Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Assistant Clinical Professor of Social Work Carrie Epstein, LCSW-R has been named Co-Director of the YCSC Center for Traumatic Stress and Recovery (formerly the Childhood Violent Trauma Center, CVTC), alongside Steven Marans, PhD. The Center recently received a 5-year, $3 million Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) award.

The Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) highlighted Social Work Month in order to honor and acknowledge the important work being done by so many in this field at the YCSC. Social workers were asked to share their stories around why they became social workers and what advice they would offer to those new to the field.