Hammond's slow and difficult rise to fame is traced, but it's clear that his problems go beyond his career and celebrity status. A focal point of Robert Brill's sleek set is the carton spilling over with Hammond's psychiatric file. Hammond...
It is so easy to arrive home from work in a bad mood, cranky and frustrated. Our grandfathers’ generation found a solution in a dry martini. Today, it falls to psychology to help us transition happily from work to home. Psychologists call...
Anxiety disorders may contribute to shorter telomere length, a known marker of aging. However, adequate treatment may help reverse the process, new research suggests. Results from a large study showed that patients with a current anxiety...
Jails across the country have become vast warehouses made up primarily of people too poor to post bail or too ill with mental health or drug problems to adequately care for themselves, according to a report issued Wednesday. The study,...
Hey everyone, here is a report that I just received from a listserv in my MPH program. Very strong claims and an interesting goal proposed by the Children's Defense Fund: Given the impact of poverty and social inequality on health and health...
Looking for some inspiration? Check out the 20 trauma-informed product ideas for homeless shelters submitted to the Scattergood Foundation's Design Challenge and cast your vote by this Friday, February 13th. The winning idea will be...
Republicans and Democrats in Congress have found something meaningful they can agree about: strengthening the nation’s response to the tragic wave of veteran suicides. On Tuesday, by a 99-to-0 vote, the Senate approved a bill to improve...
Editor’s note: The following is part of a monthly series on mental health issues produced by members of the Comprehensive Service Integration program in Fond du Lac. The ACE Study is one of the largest scientific research studies of its...
Across the world, a child's survival is a lot like drawing a lottery ticket. Factors based purely on chance — where a child is born, how much money his or her family has and what their ethnic background is — can determine if a child...
One quarter of former foster youth experience homelessness in the four years after they exit the child welfare system. Youth are suddenly on their own with no supports to help them navigate the rest of their journey into adulthood. Unemployment and...
In my work at a rape crisis center I have spoken to many rape survivors that credit yoga to help manage their symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I’ve also spoken to many who felt that their yoga teachers were not prepared...
A recent study from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital published in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing reveals pediatric trauma nurses are knowledgeable about practicing...
Babies with a very low birth weight may be at much higher risk of depression, ADHD or other psychiatric conditions in adulthood, compared with those born a healthy weight, and steroid use just before birth may increase this risk even further....
Long-term unemployment was a phrase you heard a lot about during the recession. Numerous studies showed that people who were out of work for long periods of time had a hard time finding a new job—and keeping it. And about one-third of...
A new Canadian study is the first to observe that the longer one suffers from active anorexia nervosa, the more likely a person’s DNA may be altered. This biological change may lead to additional changes in physical and mental health....