"Use of stimulant medications to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents has increased significantly over the past several years. This trend toward increased use of prescription stimulants extends beyond ADHD...
"No matter how hard we try as parents and teachers we cannot protect all children from tragedy. Join host Charity Nebbe who talks with Dr. David Schonfeld about how tragedy affects children and what we can do to help the children in our lives...
"A type of therapy developed to treat victims of military trauma can help ease distress and depression among mothers of babies born prematurely, a new study finds. "Having a premature birth is an extremely traumatic event for the parents of that child...
"Once upon a time back in 1985, there was a dashing, innovative physician named Vincent Felitti who worked for Kaiser Permanente's Prevention Medicine department and oversaw an obesity weight-loss clinic in San Diego, California. People who were...
"I have PTSD from being raped, harassed, and betrayed by the very "heroes" I admired during my first days on my campus. I have PTSD from being told that my headaches, body aches, and fears were "irrational" and "unprofessional." I have PTSD from...
Abstract There is a compelling need for varied “trauma specific” treatment models for children and adolescents with complex trauma in residential treatment whose affect and behavioral dysregulation disrupts daily living and impedes...
"Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and child maltreatment (CM) have been traditionally addressed in isolation by researchers, policy makers and programs. In recent years, however, a growing body of research suggests that these types of...
"Teenagers who were adopted may be at greater risk of a suicide attempt than kids raised by their biological parents, a new study suggests. "The study of more than 1,200 Minnesota teens found that those who were adopted were four times more likely to...
"Calls about youngsters suspected to have been exploited by sex offenders rose by a third in Lancashire in the wake of the Jimmy Savile inquiry, detectives revealed today. "Around 1,200 referrals are made each year by people concerned about the...
"Children may seem unaffected by traumatic experiences, since short-term effects on their development and psychological well-being rarely appear, but a new study by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) has found that...
"Confidential files turned over for a lawsuit set to go to trial in Minnesota may shed new light on the problem of sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts of America. "The documents were produced in litigation brought against the Boy...
"So much has been written about the connection between poverty and performance that it seemed nothing materially new could emerge about the subject. Except this time, researchers explained in detail how and why being poor undermines even high...
The Day That Einstein Feared Has Arrived On August 2, 2013 in General , Recovery by Kathy Brous Post #3 in an ongoing series As we said last week, 50% of Americans have some Attachment Disorder. How can there be so little information...
Abstract Background Public child healthcare doctors and nurses, and primary school teachers play a pivotal role in the detection and reporting of child abuse, because they encounter almost all children in the population during their daily work....