For people connected to the Memphis juvenile courts, April 2012 is unforgettable. That's when federal investigators determined that the Shelby County juvenile court system discriminated against African-American defendants. The Justice Department said...
It is estimated that while psychosis is rare, up to 20 percent of new mothers suffer from some sort of depression after having children, according to Postpartum Support International, a group that promotes awareness of the illness. The Yates case and...
The walls of California’s juvenile halls act as a barrier to a world most people will never experience or understand. More often than not, these halls are viewed as places of isolation and despair. However, others, like Johnny Kovatch, see an...
In July 2014, Youth Law Center and 10 community organizations filed a complaint with the United States Department of Justice calling for an investigation of pepper-spray use and behavior-management practices in San Diego County juvenile facilities. An...
One in five? Yeah, right. Sounds way too high. That’s a common reaction to the oft-cited statistic about the share of women who experience an attempted or completed sexual assault during college. The number can’t possibly be right, the...
When Nimco Ali was 7, she thought her family was going on vacation. They flew from their hometown in Manchester, England, to Djibouti on the Horn of Africa. Ali doesn't remember the exact location. But she clearly remembers what happened there. The...
The number of young American adults getting mental health treatment has risen since the rule on dependent coverage went into effect with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, a new study finds. That key provision ensures that those aged 19 to 25...
Santa Barbara, California, Newton, Connecticut, Aurora Colorado; These cities have become synonymous with tragedy and heartbreak, as have over 100 other cities around the Unites States since 2009. Our country now endurees an average of two mass...
The ways grizzly bears deal with hibernation and fluctuating weight might offer valuable new clues to human obesity and diabetes, new research suggests. The study authors note that the tissues of obese people with type 2 diabetes become dangerously...
Big, potentially traumatic events create greater risk of health and behavior problems for the children who experience them, even into adulthood, according to a Child Trends report released this week. It also found nearly half of children have had at...
When a woman drinks heavily during pregnancy, the harmful effects on her child's brain development appear to continue over time, a new study indicates. The findings point to a possible reason for the persistent attention and behavior problems...
Toxic Algae Blooms Cause 500,000 People in the Midwest to Loose Water Driven by Climate Change, Algae Blooms Behind Ohio Water Scare Are New Normal The toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie that provoked last weekend's tap water ban in Toledo,...
Technology is enabling more people to get mental health counseling, even if they can’t get to a therapist’s office. As therapists don’t do physical exams, the field is perhaps uniquely suited to transition from face-to-face meetings...
In an extraordinary rebuke of the New York City Department of Correction, the federal government said on Monday that the department had systematically violated the civil rights of male teenagers held at Rikers Island by failing to protect them from...
Doctor responsible for mental health of people in detention becomes the most senior figure to condemn system from within, saying immigration department deliberately harms vulnerable detainees in a process akin to torture. “We have here an...