"Data culled from a six-year study of 2,400 children, teens and young adults found emotional and behavioral symptoms such as anxiety, depression, lying and aggressive behavior are closely connected to poor housing quality and the related stress...
"RW: In many ways, male socialization is anathema to the treatment experience. Could you talk a little about the ways in which men are raised and why that’s so contrary to the process of emotional and psychological healing? "DG: This dichotomy...
"Obviously, keeping violent offenders away from potential victims is one goal, and retribution or punishment is another, but beyond that, is the jail a warehouse or is it a place of rehabilitation?... " So, according to science, what does work? ......
"Soldiers are not the only sad victims of trauma. Other victims are in our midst, but not necessarily in our awareness. They are the children who have been abused or neglected. They are the unlucky ones caught up in environments of domestic violence,...
"Any child can experience abuse or neglect, and if these issues are not addressed, according to one expert, their health and well-being later in life will suffer. " Dr. Vincent Felitti shared his research Tuesday at the Child and Youth Behavioral...
"Music therapy (MT) has been shown to be efficacious for mental health care clients with various disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and substance abuse . Referral to MT in clinical practice is often based on other factors than diagnosis.......
"Just as young children need nourishing food to build physical strength, they also need linguistic nutrition for optimal development of language and cognitive abilities. "New research from psychology researchers at Stanford University shows that by...
"A veteran police sergeant is suing Victoria Police over claims his crippling depression went untreated because police were encouraged to drink to cope with trauma instead of being encouraged to seek professional treatment. "The...
[ Must-read] "This seems so obvious that it shouldn’t have to be said, but with standardized testing being the focus of school reform, here goes anyway: Children can’t become high achievers in school if they arrive in class hungry, sick, exhausted, traumatized. That’s why community schools should be a bigger part of the school reform movement than they are. " Community schools focus not only on academics but also, through partnerships with outside organizations,...
"Children of parents with anxiety disorders are more likely todevelop anxiety disorders than children of normal controls . This familial aggregation is due to genetic and environmental influences, whereas it can be assumed that shared environmental...
"A group of advocates, educators, small business owners and community members are teaming up with Families for Justice as Healing founder Andrea James to stop the state of Massachusetts from building new prisons. "Families for Justice as Healing is...
"Many of the youths who come to live at Boys Town are taking a cabinet full of prescription drugs.... "The amount, the variety and the frequency may not be, say Boys Town doctors and youth care workers.... “As you work with really difficult...
"Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that enhanced state resources to help Connecticut families access mental health treatment include a claims “ tool kit ” to streamline insurance reimbursement and additional funds for prevention...
"Paulina* is a survivor of sexual assault. She’s also an employee at the University of Oregon. If a fellow student reached out to Paulina for support relating to a sex crime, Paulina would be expected to report it to her supervisors. "It’s...