Abstract from the Journal of Child and Family Studies, by authors Paul Lanier, Patricia L. Kohl, Joan Benz, Dawn Swinger and Brett Drake. The purpose of this study was to examine rates of child abuse and neglect reports following a community...
Neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz wrote this fascinating feature for TIme's Healthland section: A crack pipe vending machine for addicts sounds like the punch line of a bad joke—but the same kind of ridicule has been lobbed at many...
Here's a trauma-informed approach to helping homeless people, as reported by CNN correspondent and CBS contributor Anderson Cooper: Giving apartments to homeless people who've been on the streets for years before they've received treatment for...
Maralee McLean , author of "Prosecuted but Not Silenced: Courtroom Reform for Sexually Abused Children", wrote this for WomensEnews. Not much has changed since my battles began, and the myth that mothers make more false allegations of abuse...
UnitedHealth's big push into housing isn't charity. The company derives benefits from it, too, including tax credits. But Kate Rubin, vice president of social responsibility for UnitedHealth Group, says the real payoff is longer term. "Studies show...
This column addresses questions about health problems of the elderly. Dr. Beata Skudlarska, who answered this question, is a Bridgeport, CT, geriatrician. Part of the question and answer are below. Q. I am truly beside myself. I just...
Fur means simply: humans are mammals. Look at how cats, dogs and other mammals nestle with each other in their fur -- it's warm, it's yes, fuzzy, it's SAFE. They don't feel a need to hurt litter mates or pressure their litter mates for anything --...
I was sad on Valentines day for ten years until this year. Today I'm ridiculously happy - and I owe a lot of it to John James, Russell Friedman, and their Grief Recovery Handbook. If you're sad today, please use their book - it works!...
As Richmond’s Department of Social Services rushed to clear a backlog of reports of child abuse and neglect, certificates of recognition were presented to those who closed the most cases, workers were beneficiaries of an “anonymous gift...
More than 1.1 million or 7% of women and 720,000 or 4% of men have been victims of some kind of domestic abuse in the past year, official crime figures reveal. The full scale of the hidden world of sexual assault, family abuse and stalking is...
The Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) is outraged by the latest findings by the Salvation Army’s State of the Nation report on child abuse. According to the report, children continue to be violently and sexually assaulted at a disturbing rate in...
It’s more than the wraparound services—it’s a wraparound community where the pathways to good outcomes are clear because there are a set of norms and a culture that promotes children’s success. It is about putting into a place...
Adverse childhood experiences across the population have serious long-term health implications for society. Des Moines University, a graduate medical/health sciences institution in Iowa's capital, examined the issue in the winter 2014 issue of our...
Childhood obesity rates have nearly tripled in the previous 30 years and researchers are asking the important question of how this epidemic will impact the future health of these obese children and public health in general. A University of Colorado...
These findings won't appear on any Hallmark card, but romantic love tends to activate the same reward areas of the brain as cocaine, research has shown. ow Yale School of Medicine researchers studying meditators have found that a more selfless variety...