American soldiers hospitalized with mental health disorders have a significantly increased risk of suicide in the year after they leave the hospital, a new study finds. The researchers also identified a number of common factors among the 5 percent of...
Nearly one in every five college students abuses prescription stimulants, according to a new survey sponsored by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. The survey also found that one in seven non-students of similar age also report abusing...
I've watched this 2012 1 hour, 45 minute video of Dr. Judith Beck interviewing her father, Dr. Aaron T. Beck (Cognitive Behavior Therapy Developer, Beck Institute) and was fascinated with two things he talks about! One is the link between...
We have sad news and good news. The sad news: ACEs Connection community manager Jasmine Pettis has left us for an opportunity that she could not refuse -- a great job with Children's Hospital Oakland (CA) -- and we all wish her the best....
Tucked into a curve of the Columbia River, which marks the watery border between Washington and Oregon, lies the small town of The Dalles. Its claims to fame include being a major Indian trading site for 10,000 years, a camping spot for Lewis and...
s children grow, they learn to crawl, to walk and then to drive. It turns out, the way they get hurt, and in particular their heads, evolves as as their forms of motion change. Small children suffer head injuries from falling, while teenagers...
Here’s a story of utter irresponsibility: About one-third of American girls become pregnant as teenagers. But it’s not just a story of heedless girls and boys who don’t take precautions. This is also a tale of national...
Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the riveting story of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man from an affluent family outside Washington, D.C., who graduated with honors from Emory, then gave away the bulk of his money, burned...
To the Editor: Re “Homeless, Because They Are Abused at Home” (front page, Nov. 11): As the shelter population rises to accommodate abused women, so do needless financial costs to the city and locations around the country because of...
Author Nell Bernstein ("All Alone in the World," "Burning Down The House") proposes the end of the juvenile prison while on a panel at the American Justice Summit on Nov. 10 in New York: "Technically there's no such thing as a juvenile prison....
I first met Mariah two years ago, when I worked as a youth advocate in the Harris County Advocate Program (H-CAP) in Houston. Mariah, 14, was on probation for breaking a classmate’s nose. She was a thin girl whose clothing often reflected the...
Ruben Rodriguez walked into the Robert N. Daveron Complex (RNDC), the main adolescent house on Rikers Island, in a faded stone-colored jumpsuit on April 25. A number of inmates whom he recognized from his previous sentence, bristled with fear,...
After two Colorado lawmakers who supported strict new gun-control laws were voted out of office in a special recall election last year, the National Rifle Association and its allies celebrated their huge win in the battle over gun laws in state...
To the Editor: “New York Needs a Stronger School Plan” (editorial, Nov. 7) questions Mayor Bill de Blasio’s investment in the community school strategy to improve the city’s most struggling schools, but it’s time...
While running for office, Bill de Blasio promised that as mayor he would amend the practice of singling out young black and Latino men for unfair and, in some cases, illegal arrests for possessing minuscule amounts of marijuana. Though...