It's well established that black students have higher rates of suspension, expulsion and police arrests at U.S. public schools than other racial and ethnic groups. The office of civil rights inside the Department of Education monitors ...
Soldiers with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) — a trauma-induced condition in which individuals experience heightened emotional arousal and anxiety — see a world full of threat. A new study by Rebecca Todd, and...
I’ve found myself wondering lately which of my patients were lucky enough as children to play hide-and-seek with their parents. When it’s played as it’s meant to be, it’s such a delightful game. Kids ask to play it, though,...
A small hourglass stands next to the computer on Dr. Iwan James’s office desk. No symbolism is intended — the device is actually a cheap 10-minute egg timer, exactly the length of a routine appointment in Dr. James’s general...
June is recognized as PTSD Awareness Month and June 27 th, National PTSD Awareness Day. I am grateful that there is recognition to help raise awareness, but I truly hope that someday they change the name to Post Traumatic Stress. I no longer feel we...
Study finds dramatic improvement of trauma symptoms as compared to usual treatment Released: 29-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT Source Newsroom: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health A specific type of talk therapy dispensed in...
Our screens and feeds are filled with news and images of black Americans dying or being brutalized. A brief and yet still-too-long list: Trayvon Martin , Tamir Rice , Walter Scott , Eric Garner , Renisha McBride . The image of a white police...
Two months after hearing oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges , the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in favor of marriage equality Friday morning, enshrining into law the "fundamental right to marry" for same-sex couples across the...
The inequalities African Americans battle are plenty and severe -- but the widening health gap is arguably among one of the most crucial and inadequately addressed concerns. Black Health Matters hopes to help change that. Today,...
In this era of hyperpartisanship, the liberal-libertarian convergence on criminal-justice reform is, frankly, astonishing. Everyone from the Koch brothers to George Soros, from Tea Party Texan Sen. Ted Cruz to Democrat Hillary Clinton are...
Soft skills are skills, competencies, behaviors, attitudes, and personal qualities that enable youth to navigate their environment, work with others, perform well, and achieve their goals. We’ve identified five key soft skills that...
In some future footnote or parenthetical aside, it may be observed that although General Robert E. Lee surrendered in 1865, the Confederacy’s final retreat did not occur until a century and a half later. The rearguard movement of...
It’s a startling statistic: One American dies from suicide every 12.8 minutes, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death in the country. A new analysis of existing studies has found that there are increased levels of chemicals,...
Our nation's history is littered with conspiracy theories. From the 1830s to the mid-1850s, the anti-Catholic movement alleged the pope was using recent immigrants as pawns in his plot to take over America. Movement leaders spun out thousands...
The Child Parent Project in Philadelphia and Northeast Treatment Centers Children’s Behavior Health Services in Philadelphia , to name two. We found others, and we’ll post their stories over the next...