Across the world, a child's survival is a lot like drawing a lottery ticket. Factors based purely on chance — where a child is born, how much money his or her family has and what their ethnic background is — can determine if a child...
One quarter of former foster youth experience homelessness in the four years after they exit the child welfare system. Youth are suddenly on their own with no supports to help them navigate the rest of their journey into adulthood. Unemployment and...
In my work at a rape crisis center I have spoken to many rape survivors that credit yoga to help manage their symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I’ve also spoken to many who felt that their yoga teachers were not prepared...
A recent study from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital published in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing reveals pediatric trauma nurses are knowledgeable about practicing...
Babies with a very low birth weight may be at much higher risk of depression, ADHD or other psychiatric conditions in adulthood, compared with those born a healthy weight, and steroid use just before birth may increase this risk even further....
Long-term unemployment was a phrase you heard a lot about during the recession. Numerous studies showed that people who were out of work for long periods of time had a hard time finding a new job—and keeping it. And about one-third of...
A new Canadian study is the first to observe that the longer one suffers from active anorexia nervosa, the more likely a person’s DNA may be altered. This biological change may lead to additional changes in physical and mental health....
Finding child care is a challenge for most parents, so imagine if you're in the military and uprooting your family constantly. A recently launched Department of Defense website aims to help ease the child care search. "Service members move on...
An investigation into a possible hate crime is underway in Rapid City, S.D., after a group of men allegedly assaulted Native American kids at a minor league hockey game. The incident angered many in the community, and racial tensions in Rapid...
With the recent outbreak of measles originating from Disneyland, there's been no shortage of speculation, accusation and recrimination concerning why some people won't vaccinate their children. There's also been some — but only some...
By Andrea Blanch, Ph.D. and David Shern, Ph.D. As Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health wrote in a recent blog , precision medicine is a hot new topic in the research world. The basic idea is simple: Get the “right...
From 2/9/15 CT Mirror http://ctmirror.org/2015/02/09/op-ed-empathic-support-can-improve-healing-for-survivors-of-abuse/ Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) are a public health crisis impacting more Americans than diabetes and heart disease combined....
First, let me start this blog by acknowledging that I am completely and strongly in favor of children and adolescents being vaccinated to prevent the spread of communicable diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox and human papiloma...
Mice genetically deficient in serotonin—a crucial brain chemical implicated in clinical depression—are more vulnerable than their normal littermates to social stressors, according to a Duke study appearing this week in the...