Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons New research aims to examine whether parental bonding can serve as a buffer against toxic stress in infants and children. Tulane University psychiatrist Dr. Stacy Drury has been given $2.4 million by the National...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons New findings about accessibility to anti-psychotic medications have important implications about how we treat people with mental illness. Researchers from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that participants who received care through BMC's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP)--an...
For those who are currently experiencing ACEs and those dealing with the lifelong impact of ACEs, physical and mental health access is key. What are the implications of recent court rulings on this access? WASHINGTON — Two federal appeals court...
Bringing "trauma sensitivity" to the foster/adoption community! For more info visit: www.Facebook.com/PreserveFamiliesWithRADChildrenNow ATTENTION: Assistant Secretary Strus, Children’s Administration Dear Asst. Sec. Strus:...
Both males and females affected; risk goes up with drug and alcohol abuse, researchers say One in six American teens seen at emergency departments has experienced dating violence, new research finds. Researchers surveyed nearly 4,100 teens, aged 14 to...
The 100 Resilient Cities Challenge seeks to find 100 cities worldwide that are ready to build resilience to the social, economic, and physical challenges that cities face in an increasingly urbanized world. We can't predict the next disruption or...
After several months of negotiations, Gov. Jerry Brown and advocates for less punitive disciplinary policies have compromised on a bill that would limit schools’ ability to suspend or expel students for “willful defiance,” according...
Expectant moms' use of nicotine-replacement therapy could also spell problems for kids, study suggests Children born to women who smoked during pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...
40 percent who'd sent explicit messages or photos said they'd been sexually active, study finds Middle school students who send sexually explicit text messages and photos to one another are more likely to have sex than those who don't "sext," a new...
Adults with dyslexia are more likely to report that they were physically abused as children or teenagers than people who don't have the learning disorder, according to a new study. Dyslexia, which affects up to 10 percent of people, causes problems...
People who experienced the death of a parent in childhood appear to be more likely to die prematurely themselves, new research shows. A study that tracked more than 7 million people for up to 42 years found that people who lost a parent before they...
Child poverty rates in the U.S. are on the rise, but health and education trends are showing improvements—including teen pregnancy reaching a historic low, according to the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book by the Annie E. Casey...
If one could wave a magic wand and reduce the number of tobacco smokers by more than 10 percent, the percentage of adult alcoholics by 12 percent, the percentage of those suffering from chronic depression by more than half, most people would do so....
Stress can be just as contagious as a cold. Martie Rafferty is a clinical social worker. She said stress is toxic and you can catch it just like a cold. "People tend to get irritable, impatient, or just can't focus, can't concentrate and that effects...