Texas House lawmakers are expected to consider a measure as early as Wednesday that could be used to protect child welfare service providers who want to force kids into discredited gay conversion therapy programs. The bill also protects providers who...
Actress Elizabeth Banks, singer Jordin Sparks and Vice President Joe Biden are among those helping Tumblr establish a safe place from bullies online. The celebrities will appear in videos on the blogging website to launch its new...
Linda Ranson Jacobs discovered the Kaiser-CDC ACE Study three years ago when she read how Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, changed its approach to disciplining students. Through her experience as a childcare provider and independent...
Did you know that half the babies born to American women under 30 are born outside of marriage? Yes, half. Let that sink in. More alarming, nearly three-quarters of the pregnancies to single women under 30 are not planned. Most say...
New research has found a link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and accelerated aging. “This is the first study of its type to link PTSD, a psychological disorder with no established genetic basis, which is caused by external,...
Researchers at the University of California-Davis have developed a new intervention that identifies potentially depressed mothers and encourages them to seek treatment. The Motivating our Mothers (MOM) program relies on pediatricians rather...
Abstract Racial disparities in health are well-documented and represent a significant public health concern in the US. Racism-related factors contribute to poorer health and higher mortality rates among Blacks compared to other racial groups....
When Noah first came to see Dr. Daniel Nam five years ago, he was an unemployed EMT with a busted-up smile and a broken tooth in his hand. He says he was too embarrassed to apply for jobs or even smile. Dr. Nam is a volunteer dentist at the...
A study by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that a workplace mindfulness-based intervention reduced stress levels of employees exposed to a highly stressful occupational environment. Members of a surgical...
They wore photos of their dead sons’ faces on buttons pinned to their chests, like joyless Mother’s Day corsages. They wore T-shirts emblazoned with their dead sons’ names. They carried signs that read, “Stop Racist...
By: Lloyd I. Sederer, MD Medical editor, mental health for The Huffington Post Photo credit: Huffington Post The future for the next 10 years of mental health in America will not derive from sudden...
The powerful 7.3 magnitude tremor that struck Nepal this week left an already traumatized population gripped by even deeper fear, underlining concerns that the country is ill-prepared to cope with the mental side effects. Tuesday's quake caused...
Human Rights Watch released a report today, Callous and Cruel, that describes in chilling detail the degree to which “unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force” is used in jails and prisons throughout the U.S. to control...
First Lady Chirlane McCray launched a new program at Bellevue Hospital Tuesday for kids struggling with mental health problems. The “partial hospitalization” program is meant for 6- to 17-year-olds whose troubles are too severe for...
Just outside Pittsburgh is the tiny borough of Braddock, Pa., best known as the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill. Today, it's something of a poster child for rust belt revitalization, a place where artists can buy property...