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How COVID-19 may increase domestic violence and child abuse
National crises ramp up stress among couples and families. Psychologists identify the risks and point to resources that can help.
5 Body Safety Rules Every 5-Year-Old Should Know | Protect Young Minds
Protecting kids from child sexual abuse is an adult’s responsibility. Body safety rules can help an educated parent can teach their child and take action to minimize opportunity.
By Ashle...
The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse knows no religious or social boundaries. The Wounded Heart is an intensely personal and specific look at this form of abuse. Dr. Allender explores the secret lament of the soul damaged...
The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuse, 5-pack
Are you ministering to someone whose trauma of sexual abuse has shattered their trust in God? If the abuse happened when they were a child, they may have a particularly fractured understanding of t...
Want to see what a porn-addicted missionary looks like?
Look pretty normal don’t I? Ok, I admit I was a bit scrawny but I come from a long line of skinny people and it was 95 degrees with 90% humidity in the Solomon Islands, so it tends to curb th…...
Raised on a Diet of Internet Porn: The Neurological Consequences of Long-term Addiction
This presentation was given at the 2016 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit in Houston, TX, hosted by The National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
By: Noah Church
How Porn Use Becomes an Addiction (Simplified!)
Internet porn—used regularly and often—chemically and structurally changes the brain. These brain changes are consistent with the brain changes that occur in other types of addiction, like addictio...
Addiction is a response to emotional pain - BBC Ideas
Addiction specialist and author Gabor Mate says dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction in this BBC Ideas video.
By Gabor Mate Length: 3:29
Mom's Boundaries Saved My Life
Vechi Mutum, National Outreach Coordinator for Tree House Recovery, describes how addiction took his life down to a very dark place, leaving him homeless and broken. He thought he could still call ...
Video Game Addiction - The Case for Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming addiction is a serious issue. The craving and reward feelings that occur from gaming are no different than drug and gambling addiction.
By: Daniel
Pediatricians warn against pot use: Not your dad's marijuana
An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana's potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use.
Many parents use the drug and think it...
Marijuana worse for teen brains than alcohol, study finds
Cannabis causes lasting cognitive impairment in adolescents, according to Canadian researchers.
By: Shamard Charles, MD