"Not surprisingly, returning veterans - particularly those with PTSD - have a higher divorce rate than non-veterans. And in the past few years, we've lost more American servicemembers to suicide than to combat. But now, University of Utah researchers...
"Previous research has shown that obesity runs in families, and twin studies suggest that this is largely due to genetic factors, with heritability estimates over 50%. 32 genes have been identified as risk factors for obesity but previous analyses...
"Two siblings, an 8-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, started acting out in school. Teachers talked to them to see what was causing their behavior. Then a school counselor, members of the administrative staff and a school nurse each questioned the...
Ore. lawmakers target child sex trafficking, Mar. 26th Oregon lawmakers target pimps, child sex traffickers, Mar. 25th "It's hard to know exactly how many children are working as prostitutes. But the problem is real, says Glen "J.R." Ujifusa,...
Living with PTSD "For weeks now we have heard from Jodi Arias and the defense team's experts about Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Arias says she does not remember stabbing Travis Alexander or slitting his throat. Defense expert Dr. Richard...
"Depression may inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects typically associated with physical activity and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, according to researchers at Duke Medicine...."...
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"Since we first published Maggie’s harrowing story of domestic abuse in late February on LightBox and in TIME , and since the arrest of Maggie’s ex-boyfriend, Shane, photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz has continued to...
Abstract The saying “violence begets violence” is an apt descriptor of the cycle of family violence, as children who witness parental violence are at high risk for repeating family violence in their own adult intimate relationships....
"One of obesity’s hidden factors that is receiving a lot of attention lately is adverse childhood experiences. Large scale studies ( http://acestudy.org/ ) have clearly demonstrated that adults who experienced adversity during their childhood,...
"The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and other recent high-profile violent acts have many people interested in learning more about the signs of mental illness. "One Napa-based nonprofit has been offering training for two...
"Local program offers a glimpse of ways to catch emotional, social issues early...." "For more than a decade, everyone from the American Academy of Pediatrics to the U.S. surgeon general has urged that all children also be screened for mental health...
" Problem : Too many sex trafficking victims are not being found or helped in the United States because too many local governments are ignorant of state and federal human trafficking laws. Compounding this problem, cities and counties are lagging...
"The use of guilt-inducing parenting in daily parent-child interaction causes children distress still evident on the next day, emerges from the study Parents, teachers, and children's learning (LIGHT) carried out by Kaisa Aunola, Asko Tolvanenen,...
"A new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study, published in the eFirst pages of the journal Pediatrics, shows that teen childbirth rates are more than 20 percent for abused and neglected teens. This compares to the national teen...