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UConn Stamford’s TIP Digital initiative offers data science startups a fast track to early results
Back in February, the University of Connecticut and the nonprofit StamfordNext collaborated on the opening of a data science startup endeavor called the Technology Incubation Program — more commonly known as TIP Digital — at the UConn Stamford campus. It was the third...
futuresTHRIVE Secures Investment to Accelerate Development of Early-Stage Mental Health Assessment Platform for Children
futuresTHRIVE, a startup working to improve early mental health screening, tracking, and outcomes among youth, today announced that it has received a $100,000 investment from the Connecticut Innovations prototype design fund to commence the development of its...
Unseen Scars of Childhood Trauma
Despite the considerable press addressing the global rise of mental health challenges, the crisis is worsening. Why? futuresTHRIVE believes that until we talk about mental health when it is still health, talking about illness will always scare people. When a parent...
Young People’s Mental Health in 2020: Hope, Advocacy and Action for the Future
Hindsight is 20/20. futuresTHRIVE does not want to look back on this time in history and say that “we tried” and it just wasn’t good enough. We don’t have to patchwork solutions for the growing amount of suffering. We don’t have to apply adult solutions to developing...
What Toxic Stress Does to a Child’s Brain – and How to Heal It
One quick google search and you will learn that toxic stress is a response that can occur when a child experiences strong, frequent and or prolonged adversity. This can include physical or emotional abuse, chronic neglect, caregiver substance abuse, mental illness,...