Earlier this summer, President Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. Reflecting on his conversation with six inmates, he said : When they describe their youth and their childhood, these are young people who...
This therapeutic technique can really help depressed people, research finds. A technique called ‘Socratic questioning’ can help depressed people recover, a new study finds. Socratic questioning is used by many...
Indiana has added to its budget for hiring more child welfare workers to address its load of children in need. While this is a welcome goal, I am somewhat heartened by Indian leadership stating that preventing should be the goal. Indiana is...
Breaking the Silence teams up TLC with RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) and Darkness to Light (D2L) a nonprofit organization that works to empower people to prevent child sexual abuse and will share the stories of survivors of sexual abuse. Breaking the Silence airs Aug. 30th at 10 p.m. ET on TLC Don't miss this amazing special on TLC. I've been following Erin Merryn's work to get now 26 states to adopt curricula that will help teach kids directly about...
Demystifying child development is a defining element of pediatric care, and pediatricians have long appreciated the profound influences that families and communities have on both child development and life course trajectories. Dramatic advances...
Research concerning the etiology and prevention of substance misuse has led to the development of preventive interventions that are theory-based and effective. One such approach, Life Skills Training (LST), targets key etiologic factors using a...
Neurodevelopmental programming — the implementation of the genetic and epigenetic blueprints that guide and coordinate normal brain development — requires tight regulation of transcriptional processes. During prenatal and postnatal...
Roughly 2.2 million people are locked up in prison or jail; 7 million are under correctional control , which includes parole and probation; and more than $80 billion is spent on corrections every year. Research has shown...
For the past two seasons, 10-year-old Kymora Johnson has played basketball for the Charlottesville Cavaliers. For years, Kymora wanted to be part of a team, and as soon as she was old enough, Kymora's mom, Jessica Thomas-Johnson, signed her up. Kymora...
Research in both community and clinical settings has found that exposure to cumulative interpersonal trauma predicts substance use problems. Less is known about betrayal as a dimension of trauma exposure that predicts substance use, and about the...
Imagine a study that showed that “X” causes a sixty percent likelihood of having an autistic child. But wait……there is actually a study like that, and the sample size in the study is 50,000 women. According to a 2012...
“Not everyone can be like Nelson Mandela. Some of us are just ordinary,” I explained to a younger relative who was complaining about my mother’s challenging behavior and lack of motherly love towards the family. I told her...
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Evans High School in Orange County used to be known as a dropout factory. But since 2007, it’s gone from a two-time F-rated school to a B-rated school – in one of Orlando’s most troubled neighborhoods. Now, the...