Girls who are told by a parent, sibling, friend, classmate or teacher that they are too fat at age 10 are more likely to be obese at age 19, a new study by UCLA psychologists shows. The study looked at 1,213 African-American girls and 1,166 white...
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From the Pew Charitable Trusts Home Visiting Newsletter: Even in a legislative body in which gridlock too often stalls progress, leaders from both sides of the aisle recently recognized the value in extending critical help to vulnerable families, and...
To the Editor: Re “ Saving Minds Along With Souls ,” by T. M. Luhrmann (Op-Ed, April 19): While Ms. Luhrmann is correct that mental illness remains stigmatized in American society, the solution she endorses — that evangelical...
A dozen House members want to hit universities where it hurtstheir U.S. News & World Report rankings. This fall, as high school seniors prepare to apply to college, many will scan the rankings provided by U.S. News & World Report. They'll compare colleges' class sizes, tuition prices, the student-faculty ratio, andpotentiallytheir sexual-assault statistics. That is, if some members of Congress get their way. Earlier this month, a dozen...
Seeing firsthand the ways in which primary care and the health care system in general don't work for many of the neediest patients, this med student urges Minnesota legislators to support innovative models of care that will serve patients better and...
FALL RIVER (MA) — If it takes a village to raise a child, then it may take the entire city to keep that child, and all children, safe. The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County has taken on the difficult task of bringing awareness...
A push for new funding — and the use of existing funds — may soon make more resources available to help identify vets who need help with depression or other mental illness through the National Council for Behavioral Health’s “...
What do you do, and what does your organization do? I own a consulting company. The breadth and extent of major contracts has allowed me to use all of my past experiences in elected office, as a private clinician, as a supervisor and trainer, and as a...
Laws around criminalized substances and substance use vary not only from country to country but also, in the United States, from state to state, particularly those laws pertaining to marijuana. Enforcement can vary even more from county to county,...
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the U.S., affecting about 17 million people. But it doesn't just affect adults. Child Psychiatrist Dr. Joan Luby has been studying depression in preschool children for more than 20 years....
A growing body of literature now suggests that the earlier we turn back the clock in kids’ development, the more profound the impact of their environment. Early childhood is critical—race and class differences in achievement are pretty...
We hear a lot about how too much screen time could affect children. A recent study went even further to try and find out how parents’ and caregivers’ use of devices in front of their children could impact those children. NPR...
Kids who work with horses have less stress, according to a new study. “We were coming at this from a prevention perspective,” said Patricia Pendry, a developmental psychologist at Washington State University (WSU). “We are especially...
Race matters. While many cultures worldwide develop stories that perpetuate long-held prejudices, America has struggled with racial disparity from its very beginnings to the present. From the savagery of slavery to oppressive Jim Crow laws, skin color...