A leading cause of disability, depression rates are increasing in the U.S. and under-treatment is widespread, especially among certain groups including men, the poor, the elderly and ethnic minorities, finds a new study in General Hospital Psychiatry...
Adolescents who experienced frequent racial discrimination without emotional support from parents and peers had higher levels of blood pressure, a higher body mass index, and higher levels of stress-related hormones at age 20, placing them at greater...
Betty Takahashi’s job in the Bellevue School District does not come with the comfort of routine One hundred and fifty seven homeless students are currently enrolled in the district’s schools. That’s up from 131 last year....
Sustainable development, a foundation of the post-2015 global agenda, depends on healthy and productive citizens. The origins of adult health begin early in life, stemming from genetic–environmental interactions that include adequate nutrition...
The Justice Department on Thursday announced that it had chosen three American Indian tribes for a pilot project in which they will be authorized, for the first time, to prosecute non-Indian men for certain crimes of domestic violence against Indian...
Local experts say a new report about how to improve Arizona's child abuse investigations is a good start, but in the long term they'd like to see a much stronger focus on preventing child abuse in the first place. "If we can do that, we can break...
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Editor’s Note: Last week, the Maryland State Board of Education approved a set of regulations aimed at reducing school suspension and expulsion rates. The move, say supporters, should help curtail school discipline practices that end up...
On Wednesday, state officials will be in Milwaukee to unveil a new 'medical home' program for children in foster care. The program means, no matter where kids are placed, they’ll keep the same doctor and other health care providers. The program...
The Vatican has failed to acknowledge the huge scale of clerical sex abuse and has implemented policies that have led to "the continuation of the abuse and the impunity of the perpetrators", a UN panel said on Wednesday in a scathing...
The United Nations has accused both sides to the Syria conflict of grave violations against children. Children caught in the Syrian war are being recruited as child soldiers, used as human shields, and tortured, according to a new UN...
When men end up in therapy, it’s often the result of an ultimatum, or they find themselves collapsing under the weight of cumulative losses. They know there’s something wrong. But when it comes to talking about the traumatic event...
In the heated debate over Woody Allen, there is one thing people seem to agree on: The public can never be sure what exactly happened that day in 1992. Dylan Farrow says her father led her into an attic room and sexually molested her. Allen insists...
I'm conducting my research on teen moms at an urban high school. The interviews have been quite interesting. I will be conducting focus groups. I'm trying to figure out how to utilize the ACE questionnaire in my study as a way to prevent...