"A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has shown there has been an 11.5% reduction in average levels of discrimination. Led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), the study of England's Time to Change anti-stigma...
"Overall, youth at risk for repetitions had a high prevalence of mental disorder, which increased their risk of repetition by about two-fold. Girls and youth aged 12-13 were more likely to repeat than boys and those older than 13. "These findings...
"Australia has opened a national investigation into child sex abuse, with prime minister Julia Gillard warning of "uncomfortable truths" as institutions including schools and churches come under scrutiny.... "Part of the task given to us... is to bear...
"Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for the...
"Among Kelly Cameron’s childhood memories is the image of her stepfather pressing a gun to the heads of her toddler sisters. "That’s how he tried to keep her mother from leaving him. He threatened to kill two girls, ages 2 and 3.... "Jay...
EightArizonaPBS webpage on ACEs. " Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) can last a lifetime, but they don't have to. Early exposure to family violence, abusive treatment, neglect, alcohol and drug abuse, or separated/divorced parents can lead to...
More than 200 people will gather in the studios of the local PBS station in Phoenix next Tuesday to attend "Creating Safe Environments -- Advocacy, Prevention, and Support for Children in Arizona". And, if you're not one of those 200,...
If we can help parents and children through simple educational programs in schools, PTA newsletters and the like understand the impacts of secondhand drinking | drugging, we just may be able to help a child avoid developing the brain changes...
Abstract: We examined the prevalence of childhood (≤18 years) physical and sexual abuse reported among patients admitted to the psychiatric inpatient service and the differential rates of this abuse associated with psychiatric diagnoses. This study...
"It's rare for children in the United States aged 10 to 12 to be sexually active, especially on a voluntary basis, a new study finds. However, almost one in five teens has had sex before age 15, and 16,000 girls under 15 get pregnant each year.......
"The article, published online today by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, summarizes the results of a systematic review of clinical interventions for adults exposed to at least one traumatic event such as war, a natural or manmade disaster,...
"The study, which followed almost 3,500 children from age four through to 11, found boys with an onset of puberty by eight to nine years of age had greater behavioural difficulties and poorer emotional and social adjustment from early childhood (four...
"The W.K. Kellogg Foundation commissioned the National Voices Project to facilitate a five year study to gauge opportunities available for children and teens at the local level in communities across the U.S. Officials at the National Voices Project...
"Psychological scientist Susan Charles of the University of California, Irvine and colleagues conducted the study in order to answer a long-standing question: Do daily emotional experiences add up to make the straw that breaks the camel's back, or do...
"Every year, more than 1 million children are exposed to sexual or physical abuse or neglect in the United States. 1 Childhood physical or sexual abuse is associated with adult health problems, including somatic symptoms and medical symptoms, such as...