Going in for therapy at a Veterans Affairs hospital is a lot like arriving at a large airport in a foreign country. You pass through a maze of confusing signage. Your documents are scrutinized. There are long lines you must stand in and a...
For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, according to a new analysis of 2013 federal data, a statistic that has profound implications for the nation. The Southern Education...
ndividuals with co-occurring disorders experience substance use and another mental health disorder simultaneously. The conditions may precipitate or exacerbate one another, or they may exist independently (Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
Two months ago, the British Psychological Society released a remarkable document entitled “Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia.” Its authors say that hearing voices and feeling paranoid are common experiences, and are...
I don’t believe that we’re born resilient. I believe each one of us has the capacity to become resilient. But our parents, siblings, extended family and community can either give us resilience or reduce our resilience. In one...
Kids in the United States who received expanded Medicaid benefits in the 1980s and 1990s have contributed more to the tax system as adults, were more likely to attend college, and were less likely to die prematurely. The findings are based on an...
Some of my research about nutrition reducing violent and aggressive behaviors, and increasing learning and cognition say: "Results: During the baseline year just over 2 students per weekday were referred to the principal’s office for...
Thank you Brandon Stahl (& David Chanen) at the Star Tribune for writing this article giving voice to the elephant in the room that is dangerous and suicidal behavior of very young children in child protection. No one wants to hear it and no one wants to address this, but it is a very real problem of great consequence to children and our communities. As painful as this conversation is, without it, dangerous and suicidal behaviors will continue to be...
Earlier this week, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk was featured on Big Think in a video discussion on the history of the PTSD diagnosis. Dr. van der Kolk is one of the world's foremost psychiatrists specializing in trauma and...
When a person experiences traumatic events, the aftermath can be extremely debilitating. Trauma not only affects the mind, but can have lifelong effects on the body. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is a psychiatrist who has been...
TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Going through a surgery often means post-operative pain for children, but listening to their favorite music might help ease their discomfort, a new study finds. One expert wasn't surprised by the finding....
Paediatric bipolar disorder was first proposed as a research hypothesis in two articles in 1995.1,2 Two research groups postulated that mania might occur in early childhood when it manifests differently from adulthood—as multiple mood...
The Suquamish Tribe, United Way of Kitsap County, and Kitsap Community Foundation have agreed to jointly fund and spearhead an effort in Kitsap County that will impact intergenerational poverty by reducing the occurrence and mitigating the impacts of...
For many young people, especially homeless youth who are supporting themselves, a scholarship can make the difference between going to college and making do without a degree. But because many of these young people have GEDs rather than high school...
The practice of indiscriminate shackling of children in juvenile court — the use of wrist, belly or ankle restraints, often with limited consideration of the case’s circumstances — is fraught with peril from a developmentally or...