(Medical Xpress)—A psychologist from the University of Reading has played a pivotal role in a project which aims to help adults become more aware of mental health issues in young children. Professor Shirley Reynolds, Director of the University...
Sarah’s husband was not only the primary earner in the household, but he also controlled the family’s finances. In addition to physically abusing her, he would withhold Sarah’s “allowance” so that she and their children...
As the state prepares to defend itself against a federal lawsuit for alleged illegal seclusion of mentally ill juvenile offenders , new statistics show the total number of seclusion hours rose significantly last year. ... The Dispatch...
Larkin Community Hospital (LCH), one of Florida's twelve statutory teaching hospitals and the largest osteopathic teach ing hospital in the nation, has been selected as one of five organizations nationwide to participate in the National Center for...
What are the results where you live of the U.S. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published today? Here's a quick overview from AtlanticCities.com. ...a new report shows just how much variation in quality of life there is within each state, if you look at the most- and least-healthy counties.In Kentucky, for instance, the percentage of children living in poverty ranges from 8, in Oldham county near Louisville, to 57 percent...
When her abusive husband left for work last fall, she grabbed her kids, her dog and her bags, only to run up against a heart-wrenching obstacle: None of the city's more than 50 domestic violence shelters would accept the pet. "Should I still leave?"...
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus & First Focus Campaign for Children wrote this excellent essay about the Miami Herald's investigative series into the deaths of 477 children who were part of Florida's child welfare system. The Miami Herald series entitled "Innocents Lost" deserves a Pulitzer Prize for its investigation into 477 deaths of children that were a part of the child welfare system in the State of Florida over the past six years. More than 70...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously bolstered the federal law that bars those convicted of domestic violence from possessing a firearm. The court gave a wide interpretation of the law’s requirement of “physical force.” The...
...The shift away from solitary and toward a more rehabilitation-oriented juvenile justice system in West Virginia came as a result of court orders and agreements between the plaintiffs and DJS. What happened in West Virginia – a dramatic shift...
Domestic violence statistics are sobering. The issue is often hidden from view, but it is a health care problem with a very visible financial impact— costs to society run in the billions of dollars every year , according to the Centers for...
KEY POINTS Adults who are members of two or more disadvantaged groups — a cultural or racial minority; a woman; gay, lesbian or transgender; or obese — report experiencing more forms of discrimination than singly disadvantaged or...
...Dr. Lance Dodes, a recently retired professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, estimates about 5 million individuals attend one or more meetings in a given year. Indeed the 12-step empire is vast, but Dodes thinks it’s an empire built...
A large proportion of teenage boys and college men report having been coerced into sex or sexual behavior, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. A total of 43 percent of high school boys and young college men...