WikiMedia Commons Even when schools are effectively identifying students with trauma or mental disorders, these students may not continue to receive the type of treatment they need outside of school. After initially visiting a school...
WikiMedia Commons Substance use is one way that individuals may cope with ACEs. New numbers from SAMHSA share the numbers of young adults using illegal drugs, legal drugs, and alcohol. According to SAMHSA’s data, on an average day, 3.2 million...
A new study looks at the stress of having bipolar parents and the psychosocial effects that may have. Findings have implications for treatment must looks at not only the bipolar the patient, but their whole family. Bipolar disorder (BD) is among the...
If teens turn to substance abuse to cope with trauma, how can we ensure they receive the help they need, if the programs and resources are there? Deborah Scott’s 13-year-old daughter had been receiving hospital treatment for heroin addiction for...
Los Angeles’ top juvenile court judge is objecting to a planned diversion of $13 million to school police there from state funds earmarked to provide special learning assistance to disadvantaged kids. Under California’s new Local Control...
Imagine for a second what it's like for the kids who trek across the US-Mexico border without documents and without parents. Last year alone, 24,000 undocumented minors were caught making that journey. The shelters that usually hold them are...
Those who have been looking for work for half a year or more are more than three times as likely to be suffering from depression as those with jobs. “Your whole life your job defines who you are,” Yundra Thomas told The New...
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will wrote in The Washington Post on Sunday that being sexually assaulted has become "a coveted status that confers privileges" such that "victims proliferate." His remarks hit...
Thirty years ago, Judy Johnson of Manhattan Beach, Calif., took her 2 1/2-year-old son, Matthew, to the pediatrician, fearing he had been sexually abused by his preschool teacher. By today’s standards, the medical evidence in Matthew’s...
A staggering one in five students in the Philadelphia High School System are involved with either Department of Human Services (DHS) or criminal justice System or both - Philadelphia Inquirer News Article One in five students sitting in a...
Scientific advances in human biology may soon have a profound bearing on the policies that governments and organizations adopt towards young mothers, caregivers and babies in poor and stressed communities. There is an emerging body of scientific...
As many as 20,000 federal prisoners could see their sentences shortened under a new proposal by the Justice Department. The department made its pitch Tuesday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission to make some current prisoners retroactively eligible...
Egypt's Tahrir Square was supposed to be a scene of celebration on Sunday, as Cairo marked the election of a new president. But it wasn't a joyous night for everyone: At least five women were sexually assaulted by mobs in the square,...
As a parent, your child’s health is in your hands – until it isn’t. Before they reach their teens, in some cases, confidentiality laws allow kids to obtain certain types of health care without your knowledge. And privacy protections...
The Mobile County Health Department is featuring five local students in a series of billboards around town as part of a teen pregnancy prevention campaign. The "Think About It" initiative features members of the health department's Youth...