"An innovative study led by The University of Nottingham is to investigate whether arts and humanities can help improve the mental health and well-being of patients and carers alike .... "The initiative builds on the work of Nottingham Health...
"There seems to be a wish to study mental illness in the same way we study cancer or diabetes. While I certainly have great respect for the complexity of the pancreas, or the process of malignant transformation of cells, trying to understand the...
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"Federal law requires anyone served with an order of protection to give up their guns, but it's rarely enforced at the state level, leaving domestic violence victims in jeopardy.... "San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff John Kovach and his partner head a...
"Not only are women who have experienced violence from their partner (intimate partner violence) at higher risk of becoming depressed, but women who are depressed may also be at increased risk of experiencing intimate partner violence, according to a...
"Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The childhood abilities predict...
"New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems. "Researchers found that the way in which...
"One in five children in the United States will be sexually molested by the time they reach their 18th birthday. Statistically speaking, you know someone who has been abused. But the silence that surrounds that abuse is what keeps it flourishing.......
"A study of schools across Europe has identified educational initiatives which can improve school success. "Overall the INCLUD-ED results provided scientific evidence of how educational performance is not only linked to the ethnic composition of the...
"Pittsburgh City Council after more than three hours of debate on Wednesday tentatively approved legislation requiring police officers to undergo training on domestic violence situations. "About 40 women, most representing...
The May issue is now posted on our website’s National Resource Center on the Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence - - chock full of resource and research information on animal abuse, child maltreatment, domestic...
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day is on Thursday, May 9th! Please see more SAMHSA videos related to this campaign: http://acesconnection.com/video/social-connectedness-young-adult-council-10-min
"A study published in the May 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that mental health resources provided by schools are significantly associated with whether adolescents with mental disorders...
"Latishia Sanchez was 14 years old when she says was attacked by five men, including her boyfriend. "I didn't think that I'd get raped, let alone by people I didn't know, let alone my boyfriend allowing it," she said. "During the assault, they...