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Here is a link to a piece on how the small things teachers and coaches do (often unintentionally) affect us negatively for decades. Solutions and suggestions offered. We need to ponder more the message we get too from children's games. Their affect, like the affect of teachers and coaches and other educators, cannot be ignored. https://medium.com/@KarenGrossEdu/sadly-we-remember-the-bad-stuff-teachers-said-and-did-when-we-were-young-94d20e8d5b97

By some accounts, nearly half of America's incarcerated population is mentally ill — and journalist Alisa Roth argues that most aren't getting the treatment they need. Roth has visited jails in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta and a rural women's prison in Oklahoma to assess the condition of mentally ill prisoners. She says correctional officers are on the "front lines" of mental health treatment — despite the fact that they lack clinical training. "Most of [the correctional...

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New research from the University of Georgia reveals that exposure to famine during specific moments in early life is associated with depression later in life. "Nutrition deprivation and stress are important risk factors for depression particularly during periods in early life ," said lead author Changwei Li, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at UGA's College of Public Health. The study, recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, is the largest ever to...

If you want to learn to walk a tightrope, it's a good idea to go for a short run after each practice session. That's because a recent study in NeuroImage demonstrates that exercise performed immediately after practicing a new motor skill improves its long-term retention. More specifically, the research shows, for the first time, that as little as a single fifteen-minute bout of cardiovascular exercise increases brain connectivity and efficiency. It's a discovery that could, in principle,...

Every day in the United States, nearly 53,000 youth are confined in facilities away from home by the juvenile or criminal justice system. Thousands of these youth have not yet even had their day in court and many are there for nonviolent, minor offenses — some for misbehavior like truancy that would not even be an offense if they were an adult. While we have made enormous progress in many states in reducing detention numbers and closing prisons, too many youth are still spending the night...

America’s history of racial inequality continues to haunt us. The genocide of Native people, 250-year enslavement of black people, adoption of “racial integrity laws” that demonized ethnic immigrants and people of color, and enforcement of policies and practices designed to perpetuate white supremacy are all part of our difficult past. This country has witnessed great triumph, innovation, and progress, but we are burdened by a painful history that we have yet to adequately acknowledge. In...

My eighty-two year old mother has told me five times in the past three months, “I have secrets I am going to take to the grave.” When I’ve prodded her for more info, she’s informed me she will keep the secrets into death and that was the end of the discussion.

Most times it is those random acts of kindness that save, uplift and nurture another human. It does not take much effort, just living with awareness and mindfulness.

In this episode, I sat down with the Executive Director of The Tristate Trauma Network, Melissa Adamchik, MA. You can find out more about the outstanding work they are doing, along with links mentioned on air, at Tristate Trauma Network.

New York City is the safest big city in the nation. Can it get even safer? The city is betting it can, with a novel strategy that goes far beyond traditional crime-fighting. The strategy, embodied in the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety , is being employed in 15 of the most dangerous public housing complexes in the city. The idea is to lower crime by making these neighborhoods better — places where residents live in well-maintained buildings, have necessary services, are engaged...

Taylor, Texas, is a suburb around 30 miles northeast of Austin that boasts its history as a railroad hub and small-town authenticity . In 2016, more than half of Williamson County—where Taylor is seated— voted for Donald Trump . But recently, county officials decided not to help the president in his push to expand the detention of unauthorized migrants, including those seeking asylum. On June 26, in a regularly planned county court meeting , the future of Taylor’s T. Don Hutto detention...