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"An editorial in [Nov17th’s] Times cites disheartening discrepancies in how the Veterans Affairs Department handles disability claims involving post-traumatic stress disorder. According to a report released this month by advocates for women and men who were sexually harassed and attacked while serving in uniform, survivors of sexual trauma are far less likely than other veterans to have their disability benefits approved. "The report found double-digit gaps between the approval rates...

"It’s not just veterans that are dealing with OSI’s [Occupational Stress Injuries]. Childhood trauma, even trauma of the mother during pregnancy, can affect a child’s development. With family violence, poverty, parental addiction, and increasing isolationism, many children are affected and experience interrupted development and an ever compounding backlash of mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, social and economic deficits as they age. "The solutions are not easy, but...

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"Using an approach combining in vivo recordings and optogenetic manipulations in mice, the researchers succeeded in showing that the inhibition of parvalbumin-expressing prefrontal interneurons triggers a chain reaction resulting in fear behaviour....

Abstract Objectives : Child abuse leads to multiple physical and psychosomatic sequelae. Aim of this study was to evaluate the association between child abuse and constipation among school children. Methods: Children aged 13-18 years were selected...

Source:  my Bangor Daily News monthly column We couldn’t afford for me to stay home with our children, but I did it anyway. My husband at the time worked a steady, full-time job with a decent salary, and we rented out the lower half of our...

"A catastrophe on the scale of the Philippines typhoon focuses critical attention on the susceptibility of poor and vulnerable populations to natural disasters. Yet, it is no less important to remember that poor and vulnerable populations,...

"It is widely known that deployment is stressful for military families, including their children. A new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that teens from military families are more likely to feel sad or hopeless, have thoughts about...

"Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) gain weight more rapidly and are more likely to be overweight or obese than women without the disorder, find researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard School of...

"A local drug treatment center is doing its part to get homeless families off the streets. "The Bossier Treatment Center's Family Success Institute helps mothers stay off drugs, while still caring for their children. "It's unique because it's one of...

"Renowned filmmaker and psychologist Jan Haaken spoke about her feature-length documentary, “Mind Zone: Therapists Behind the Front Lines,” and its discussion of post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological challenges faced by...