Providing health care to an aging prison population is a large and growing cost for states. Not only do inmates develop debilitating conditions at a younger age than people who are not incarcerated, but caring for them in the harsh environment of...
KnowBullying, a free smartphone app created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides parents, caretakers, educators, and others with information and communication support to help prevent bullying and build...
Veterans who receive mental health screening during primary care visits are generally getting adequate follow-up treatment, but the process for acquiring care could be improved, finds a new study in General Hospital Psychiatry. The study examined...
Shelby County residents are being asked to “Answer the Call” by participating in a confidential phone survey, which will gather information to help develop tools to assist parents in protecting their children's emotional and behavioral...
When photographer John William Keedy was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, he says he had a hard time coping. It was difficult to accept. It was difficult to explain to friends and family. He felt utterly alone. "I hate to say it, but I...
The complaints I got from New York City's poorest neighborhoods, though, were that often officers approached groups of guys standing on a sidewalk. The officer would tell them to disperse, and they would become "agitated." "Why do we have to leave?"...
This article, written by Lynn Hecht Schafran and published in the Summer 2014 issue of The Judges Journal , discusses current science on the impact that witnessing domestic violence has on children's developing brains. ...
Psychologists, pediatricians, neuroscientists, among others, all know from their various research studies that childhood adversity can have profound, deleterious effects on a person developmentally, not only psychologically, but physically as...
In line with frugal innovation thinking, many existing capacities of tablets, smartphones and even "dumbphones" can be repurposed to serve diagnostic, monitoring, and therapeutic functions. At the lower end of the scale, researchers at Oxford and...
Being a mental patient in Iran is a struggle. Moreover, being a female mental patient in Iran is a struggle with stigma. Though Iranians are by no means under-educated when it comes to dealing with mental health issues, women have a bigger challenge...
As the summer begins to wind down and you start shopping for back-to-school supplies, don't forget to equip your child with some good advice for making a smooth return to the classroom. Anxious feelings are common and expected during times of...
Singing or learning to play a musical instrument helps children belonging to low socioeconomic status improve their academic performance, a new study suggests. Nina Kraus, PhD, a neurobiologist at the Northwestern...
MK Safety Net has created a list of Investigation Teams currently looking into reports of historic abuse that occurred in overseas boarding schools operated by various mission organizations. A list of criteria to evaluate the operating and...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today signed into law provision s to create conditions for “safe and supportive schools” intended to improve education outcomes for children st atewide, and giving momentum to the state's...
It is always difficult for former and current MK's and their families to know wh en to report abuse, and to whom the report should be directed. The first step is to report it to local law enforcement and child...