Stop Making Children Pay for Our Priorities
by: Mary CoughlinPublished on: 04/10/2026Stand with MassAIMH to protect Head Start safeguards and invest in young children’s dignity, mental health, relationships, and belonging.
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When Care Systems Begin to Mirror Coercion
by: Mary CoughlinPublished on: 28/02/2026How Robert Jay Lifton’s 8 Criteria for Thought Reform reveal patterns of coercive drift in geopolitics and healthcare — and why trauma-informed care matters now.
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A Loving, Unapologetic Demand for Change in Child Mental Health
by: Mary CoughlinPublished on: 01/02/2026A trauma-informed call to stop pathologizing being human and to redesign child mental health systems around dignity, belonging, and care.
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When We Undermine Science, We Undermine Trust — and Lives
by: Mary CoughlinPublished on: 11/08/2025RFK Jr.’s decision to cut mRNA vaccine funding isn’t just political — it’s a public health crisis. This post explores the trauma-informed lessons we must apply to protect trust, science, and lives.
