You may have heard that Amsterdam is trying out a new way to deal with problem public drunks. Instead of arresting them, the city is setting them to work—and paying them in beer. For just over a year, Amsterdam NGO Regenboog Groep (Rainbow...
It’s a major victory: helping a homeless man get a place to live in San Francisco after 15 years on the streets. His salvation came from high school classmates who found him online. And they found him through a startup website that’s...
Connecticut released the official report of the shootings that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year. A link to the full report, which was released yesterday, is below. More questions arise than are answered in the report. Is there a...
Disorders related to the abuse of alcohol contribute significantly to the burden of disease in the U.S., finds a new study in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Researchers estimated that in 2005, about 53,000 men and 12,000 women died...
Rob Waters interviews Robert Kahn, director of the hospital’s Community Health Initiative. His goal is to "improve the health of all the county’s children, not just provide excellent treatment to those who are sick."...
And now: the face of trauma recovery giving thanks! On Sunday, Nov. 24 I was privileged to sing Handel's "Messiah" at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda in a full-scale replica of the White House East Ballroom. Somebody even handed me a...
Rates of parent-reported diagnoses of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continued their upward trend through 2011, government researchers said. Data from the 2011 edition of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) indicated that...
Pediatrician or Obstetrician School District Birth Ward in a hospital County Health Dept. Child and/or Family Social Services Child Care Provider Organization that advocates empathetic, attachment or peaceful parenting Smoke Shop Tavern,...
Depression medicines are not 'happy pills' or 'a quick fix'—these are the views of people who use antidepressants that have been recorded in a series of frank, heartfelt video interviews. The videos have been carried out as part of a...
To effectively prevent bullying schools need to understand positive school climate, use reliable measures to evaluate school climate and use effective prevention and intervention programs to improve the climate, a recent paper co-authored by a...
Many parents spend thousands of dollars on computer-based training programs that claim to help children with ADHD succeed in the classroom and in peer relationships while reducing hyperactivity and inattentiveness. But a University of Central Florida...
This is a really good example of a law enforcement agency that's definitely not trauma-informed. The article, by Sarah Goodyear on AtlanticCities.com, starts out addressing New York City's stop-and-frisk law, which incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio says...
Michael Matthews was 19 and in the U.S. Air Force when he was raped by three fellow airmen. After 20 years, he retired at the rank of technical sergeant. He kept his secret for 30 years. He describes the rape and the effects it had on his life in...
The New York Times and PBS Frontline worked together on this investigation of domestic violence in law enforcement. "A Death in St. Augustine,” a “Frontline“ documentary produced in conjunction with this article, will premiere...