We have only to look at official crime statistics to be reminded of the status quo: Last year, Tennessee ranked No. 6 among states for highest rate of murder of women in domestic violence situations. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports...
According to a survey from LifeWay Research which interviewed 1,000 senior pastors of Protestant churches in the U.S., pastors rarely include the topics of domestic and sexual violence in their sermons. Co-sponsored by the Christian...
[Photo: SC Department of Mental Health] When emergency room patients are deemed “a danger to themselves or others,” every state requires hospitals to hold them until a psychiatrist conducts a face-to-face evaluation to decide whether it is safe to let them leave. In rural hospitals across the country, it can take days for a psychiatrist to show up and perform the exam. Five years ago, rural hospitals in South Carolina illustrated the problem. On a typical morning, more than...
Photo credit: Thomas Leuthard, Flickr The connection between prostitution and a history of childhood sexual abuse is staggering. Some studies have found that 70 percent of female prostitutes were sexually abused as children; others peg the...
Photo credit: Caroline, Flickr The other day, a mother of a 15-month-old walked into Andrew Garner’s office, oozing frustration. “Is it normal for them to never sit still?” she asked. Garner, a pediatrician in Westlake, Ohio,...
Photo credit: Matteo Angelino, Flickr Socioeconomic adversity during childhood increases the likelihood of both depression and higher body mass index (BMI) in early adolescence, which can worsen and lead to illness for young adults,...
A 3‐D model of a brain in the author's study. Credit: Mike Basher. In this Atlantic feature story, neuroscientist and psychiatrist Nancy Andreasen writes about studying creativity and whether that is at all influenced by...
Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall. Credit: Mike DiNovo/USA TODAY Sports. Following his [borderline personality disorder] diagnosis three years ago, Marshall, now 30 and a Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, set an ambitious goal: become for mental health what Magic Johnson is for HIV. He wants to make an off-limits subject commonplace. He's reaching out to players who might need help, teaming with mental health organizations through his charity and raising awareness...
Former congressman Patrick Kennedy: "We have a wasteland of people who have died and been disabled because of inadequate care." Photo Credit: H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY This lengthy USA TODAY feature looks at mental illness in America from...
In between dispensing advice on breast-feeding and immunizations, doctors will tell parents to read aloud to their infants from birth, under a new policy that the American Academy of Pediatrics will announce on Tuesday. With the increased recognition...
This KHN story also ran in The Philadelphia Inquirer. It can be republished for free. Six months into the Affordable Care Act, local mental-health and substance-abuse professionals have yet to see an uptick in clients using their new benefits....
Does marijuana smoking cause psychosis? Or could psychosis drive pot smoking? If you believe the panned and parodied 1936 film "Reefer Madness," smoking weed will make one crazy and drive you to a life of crime. Medical science has taken the...
In Wednesday's paper, Lisa Rodrigues CBE, who is stepping down as Chief Executive of the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, has spoken of her experience of openly discussing her mental health condition within a professional environment. In...
PBS News Hour’s Judy Woodruff reported on a nationwide FBI operation over the past week that recovered 168 victims of child sex trafficking. Announced by FBI Director James Comey, the operation spanned over 100 cities and is responsible for...
After a teenager was arrested and charged last week with fatally stabbing a fellow student outside their Bronx middle school, two troubled young lives came into public view. There were signs of instability in each 14-year-old boy’s home, and...