"New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol shows that girls whose fathers were absent during the first five years of life were more likely to develop depressive symptoms in adolescence than girls whose fathers left...
"The results revealed that to overcome concerns and cope with dangerous situations , girls tried to avoid or escape risky encounters - although for some this conflicted with a desire to be independent, glamorous and to seek out boyfriends. Boys, on...
"Teens in a relationship that involves dating violence are likely to be both a victim and perpetrator, as opposed to being just one or the other, finds a recent study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. In some situations teens play both roles with...
ACEs Connection member Dr. Gabor Mate is featured in this article. "We know we are born primed for connection, with the most significant relationship in a child’s life being his or her primary caregiver – but what happens when this does...
Stamping out Domestic Violence in Hunan - China …"We have seven 'firsts' in the country." "We introduced the first normative municipal documents on the prevention and combating domestic violence and openly oppose it in the name of the...
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"Social and population variations in mental diagnosis are not accounted for in the newly revised fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), according to an editorial published in the May issue of Health...
"What is the most important problem facing American children today? "According to the Academic Pediatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, it is the effects of poverty on the health and well being of young people. But, they concede,...
"The Stewards of Children program soon will take a giant leap toward the goal of educating 5,000 Centre County residents to recognize and report child abuse. "Howard Long, president and CEO of the YMCA of Centre County, said four local school...
" On May 8, 2013, Washington State governor Jay Inslee signed SHB1284, or the Children of Incarcerated Parents bill, into law. The law guides the courts' discretion to delay the termination of parental rights if the parent's incarceration or prior...
"Based on the success of Drew House, the Brooklyn DA is now launching Justice Home, which will give convicted female felons the right to serve their sentence in their own residence while retaining custody of their children. "The new program has...
"In a first-of-its-kind effort to illuminate the biochemical impact of trauma, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a connection between the quantity of cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, known as CB1...
"Every cell in our bodies runs on a 24-hour clock, tuned to the night-day, light-dark cycles that have ruled us since the dawn of humanity. The brain acts as timekeeper, keeping the cellular clock in sync with the outside world so that it can govern...