Similar to the stressful life events analysis, when the authors accounted for all of the traditional risk factors, women who experienced high levels of social strain were still five times more likely to develop coronary artery disease and six times...
Buddhist psychology claims there are three primary feelings , or sensations, which meditation can help access: Pleasant Painful Neutral Arising from these primary feelings are our reactions to them, the so-called secondary emotions . For...
SAMHSA is asking for feedback of its strategic plan, of which one part is an emphasis on "Trauma and Justice." Read the plan and comment at http://store.samhsa.gov/leadingchange/feedback/
Maternal deaths are on the rise in the United States and it seems like no one gives a damn. The statistics are startling. Out of 180 countries, the United States ranks 60th in maternal deaths. This means 59 countries are better at keeping new mothers...
The House on Monday cleared legislation to reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act for the president's signature. Passed by voice vote, the measure, S. 1799, would authorize $15 million annually through fiscal 2018 for child abuse prevention...
Nearly 1 in 3 parents whose children were referred to an obesity clinic did not perceive their child's weight as a health problem, a new study suggests. Researchers found that 31 percent of parents of obese or overweight children considered their...
In 2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old couch or posting an updated resume. Astonishing statistics dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology's role in sex trafficking, found that sites like Craigslist...
Last month, the 19-year-old student at the heart of a New York Times campus sexual assault exposé received an unusual email from a stranger. Brett Sokolow wrote to the alleged assault victim, Anna, that he had been engaged by her school to act...
About a year ago, I started wondering about the impact of climate change on mental health. After all, depression is already the second leading cause of disability around the world, depression can be kicked off by stress, and watching the ocean inch up...
Medical tests are rarely a pleasant experience, especially if you're worried that something could be seriously wrong. That's true even though we know that regular screenings and tests often help doctors catch issues early. But of course, humans don't...
Occasionally, scientific research comes up with banal findings that should nonetheless stop us in our tracks. For example, researchers recently published a study showing that a father’s brain will change its hormonal outputs and neural activity...
It’s clear that young people are getting caught in the crossfire of the latest round of fighting between Israel and Palestine and the conflict is taking a huge toll on them. And the effects of the war are not just physical. Having studied how...
Perhaps because it’s a state issue, people don’t realize this change has happened slowly but systematically over the past two decades. It’s seemingly accelerated in recent years, as state funding for public mental health treatment...
As an abstinence-based therapist, I assumed that failure and frustration came with the territory. When I adopted the values and strategies of harm reduction, I was finally able to offer my clients real help. The philosophy of harm reduction is based...
Most of us are familiar with food banks and soup kitchens, where donated food goes to feed hungry people in the community. Yet we rarely talk about the connection between mental illness and hunger and how access to food can do more than just provide a...