Learning How to Exert Self-Control [NYTimes.org]
Not many Ivy League professors are associated with a type of candy. But Walter Mischel, a professor of psychology at Columbia, doesn’t mind being one of them. “I’m the marshmallow man,” he...
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Mindfulness protects adults from physical, mental health consequences of childhood abuse, neglect
Fact #1: People who were abused and neglected when they were kids have poorer physical and mental health. The more types of ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) – physical abuse, an alcoholic father, an abused mother, etc. – the...
Newly Crowned Miss America Felt Helpless Against Domestic Violence [NPR.org]
This year's Miss America competition has involved lots of satin and some excellent ventriloquism by Miss Ohio. But it has also involved a public health issue that's been in the headlines over the past week: domestic violence. And it's not just...
Resilience and Mental Health: Challenges Across the Lifespan [PsychiatryOnline.org]
The book Resilience and Mental Health is a comprehensive exploration of how resilience occurs, often quite commonly, when one is faced with crises, trauma, and adversity. Edited by Southwick and colleagues, the book cites current research to...
Rape Culture in the Alaskan Wilderness [TheAtlantic.com]
Geneva says, she’s been grabbed, chased, followed, and molested so much in her short life that she’s now made it a habit to lock the bedroom door at night and shove a chair under the knob so no one can come in; she’ll wait up,...
New schools chief: Oakland “full of opportunity” [EdSource.org]
The Oakland Unified School District has begun the school year with a new superintendent, Antwan Wilson, at the helm. The 46,000-student district is the 14th-largest in the state. Unlike the district’s former superintendents in recent...
Family strategies to support and develop resilience in early childhood [TandFOnline.com]
Abstract Early childhood is an important time for the development of resilience. A recently completed study has followed three cohorts of resilient children and young people living in disadvantaged areas in Victoria, Australia, through different...
Attachment Theory and the Gospel explored- where we begin
[note: this post was originally posted on my site: www.fullhousewithaces.com ] In the beginning... Every religious philosophy has a story about origins and beginnings. In Eastern religions that hold to reincarnation, the cycle of birth-death-rebirth seems to stretch on to eternity in either direction. The key to enlightenment and release from the cycle of rebirth is to see the greater reality beyond the illusory temporal reality. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the story of...
New ‘Click’ antenatal classes prepare children for school (University of Hertfordshire)
Children whose parents attended a one-off antenatal class called 'Click’ are at a significant advantage in their cognitive and motor skills compared to children whose parents attended routine antenatal care, according to a new...
Can We Rehabilitate Domestic Abusers Like Ray Rice? [Mashable.com]
The security footage leaked Monday told an ugly truth we had already imagined: Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice struck his then-fiancé, Janay, so hard that she fell unconscious onto an elevator floor. When TMZ aired...
The impact of homelessness on child development [Reformer.com]
Children who are homeless are at risk for experiencing many complicating issues that impact their physical and emotional health. Unfortunately, this impact can have long term, cumulative effects over the course of a lifetime. The earlier we can...
Medications Plus Parent Training May Help Kids With Aggression, ADHD [Consumer.Healthday.com]
Combining two medications with parent training appears to improve anger, irritability and violent tendencies in children whose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is coupled with severe aggression, a new study suggests. "Augmented"...
OP-ED: For Real Juvenile Justice Reform We Must Look at the Data Objectively [JJIE.org]
We don’t always understand the world as well as we imagine, especially when it comes to the effects of public policy.This includes the crime rate and the impact of various interventions on it. Despite our lip service to data driven practices and...
Minority Neighborhoods Face Greater Exposure to Air Pollution [Consumer.Healthday.com]
Exposure to air pollution can vary sharply by the ethnic or racial makeup of a community, according to a large, multistate study. The data showed that people living in Hispanic neighborhoods are exposed to more air pollution than those...
Suicide Is A Big Problem Where You'd Least Expect It [NPR.org]
"The common conception is that suicide is a problem for high-income countries," says Dr. Shekhar Saxena, director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization. But WHO's first ever report on suicide...