ACEs Connection member Christopher Anderson who was profiled on this site was mentioned today on NPR’s program All Things Considered in the story Campus Sexual Assault Law Now Includes Language on Same-Sex Violence . Here is...
Major depression is one of the most common mental disorders here in the U.S. And the primary way doctors diagnose patients with depression is by interviewing them. But scientists at Northwestern University this past week announced they had...
A study by San Diego State University psychology professor Jean M. Twenge shows Americans are more depressed now than they have been in decades. Analyzing data from 6.9 million adolescents and adults from all over the country, Twenge found that...
The Obama administration plans to announce Tuesday that it has recruited new federal agencies and a number of universities, foundations and businesses to help pursue the goals of the Brain Initiative, which the president started in 2013. Tom...
Working long hours may increase the risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new review has found, but the risk is apparent only in workers of lower socioeconomic status. Long working hours are associated with diabetes risk factors — work...
For the first time in nearly 20 years, total spending on child welfare in the U.S. has declined. A new Child Trends study, Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFY 2012, summarizes key findings from a...
The Tulsa County, Okla., boy’s relationship with family was one of instability, impoverishment and abuse. Psychologists would later determine that he was mentally ill and very immature, even for 12. But his alleged crime was serious...
When I was thirteen, I had a falling-out with my best friend, after which she tortured me over the Internet for the next three years. We were so close that she knew the answer to my security question, so it didn't matter if I changed my...
As schools cut down on physical education and recess, kids are spending more time than ever in a desk. And while nerdy second-graders like me didn't ever consider arguing for more gym, there's increasing evidence that being active helps not...
It’s official! The Walla Walla City Council kicked off our month-long celebration of resilience with a proclamation announcing ”October is Children’s Resilience Month”. Representing the Children’s Resilience...
The walls are lined with robots and movie posters for Star Wars and Back to the Future. But this is no 1980s nerd den. It's the technology lab at Westside Neighborhood School in Los Angeles, and the domain of its ed-tech coordinator, Don...
Facing what many regard as an epidemic of campus sexual assault, some colleges have cracked down on binge drinking, others have reined in fraternities, while still others are training incoming students not to be passive bystanders when they see...
A new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher has found that states with higher estimated rates of gun ownership experience a higher incidence of non-stranger firearms homicides – disputing the claim that gun...
Women who accept and tolerate their imperfections appear to have a more positive body image despite their body mass index (BMI) and are better able to handle personal disappointments and setbacks in their daily lives. Research out of the...
This past Friday, Brian Williams from NBC Nightly News did a segment on the positive changes the police have been making in Camden since the last time he was there in 2013, when Camden made national news for being the murder capital of the...