Supporters of overhauling juvenile justice in Texas cheered the passage of two state bills even as some mourned the failure of a third that would have stopped the prosecution of 17-year-olds as adults. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to...
A person whom Teresa had never met showed up at her home one day with a remarkable offer. Teresa and her family would receive what amounted to a year's income, in cash. Nothing was owed in return. She did not have to repay the money, and...
The roar of a car bomb has been the prelude to Karim Wasfi's performances of late. The renowned conductor of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra has been appearing at the sites of explosions across Baghdad. Just hours after...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now, we're going to take a look at a city in California and an effort to repair the trust between police and the populations they serve. And it comes down to something called procedural justice. The city of Oakland has been...
The World Health Organization recently predicted that depression will become the second leading cause of disability worldwide in just five years. The ongoing discussion about mental health in the United States has largely centered on gaps...
A young Goldman Sachs analyst from India was chasing the American dream. His new job at the storied investment firm made relatives swell with pride, and the 22-year-old recruit wrote up lists of gifts to buy with his future wealth. But after...
A new survey from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that sexual violence against children is a global problem. Seven countries were surveyed from 2007 to 2013. The first was Swaziland, which wanted to assess and address...
In this analysis, FrameWorks provides Alberta-based strategies for creating new ways of talking and thinking about child maltreatment and child sexual abuse. In 2014, the Canadian Medical Association Journal reported that approximately one third of...
Download the Summer 2015 Issue of Trauma Matters In this Issue: Trauma, Media Exposure, and Increased Tolerance to Violence: Its Impact on Empathy Role of Trauma Screening With Children and Families Ask the...
Mental health patients smoke more than three times as much as the general population, a Public Health England and NHS survey of 105 care units suggests. Smoking can increase depression and anxiety and reduce the effectiveness of medication by...
Jane Evans, a trauma therapist in England, posted this on Twitter the other day and I thought the message was terrific! Put on your Trauma Glasses, and you'll see things in a totally different way (how great is that?)
Children adopted from foster care and internationally are at significant risk of Attachment Trauma due to the many and chronic traumas they may have endured. While any child who has experience early trauma is at risk of it developing into Attachment...
As part of a series of editorials about transgender experiences, we are featuring personal stories that reflect the strength, diversity and challenges of the community. Welcome to this evolving collection. [See the collection here http://www.nytimes.com/interac...ll/transgender-today ]
Being a mother is arguably the nation’s most difficult job. Sadly, the playing field around the world is not a level one: A variety of indicators related to maternal well-being make motherhood in some countries more difficult (and even...
Daily Table opened its doors Thursday with shelves full of surplus and aging food. The nonprofit grocery store is in the low-to-middle income Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. It's selling canned vegetables two for $1 and a dozen...