Robin Williams' death has renewed focus on the issue of suicide, in the media and in the medical community. Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Minne speaks with Melissa Block about how a high-profile suicide like Williams' may affect vulnerable populations...
In the fall of 2012, The Huffington Post published Jane Ellen Stevens’s three-part overview on what Stevens claimed was “probably the most important public health study you never heard of.” Stevens, a seasoned health, science,...
Children with high everyday levels of a protein released into the blood in response to infection are at greater risk of developing depression and psychosis in adulthood, according to new research which suggests a role for the immune system in mental...
A panel of academics with members from several institutions in the U.S. has published a Comment piece in the journal Nature asking journalists to be more careful in how they portray the results of epigenetic studies. The panel, led by Sarah Richardson...
Later this month, new residents will arrive at a nursing home in the Bronx. Like other coming to Jewish Home Lifecare, they will be recuperating from hospitalization for cardiac surgery, strokes, fractured hips -the whole panoply of...
The Justice Department is leading a broad review of police tactics, including the kind of deadly force that prompted recent protests in Missouri and New York, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday. The review is being conducted as the...
A new study by Child Trends shows adverse childhood experiences -- like witnessing violence, or being separated from a parent -- are potentially traumatic events that can have negative, lasting effects on their health. This can include depression,...
Across the country over the next year, federal agencies expect to manage about 60,000 minors who entered or will arrive in the United States without an adult guardian. That figure compares with about 7,500 who came in annually before the numbers...
Mental health issues like depression, anxiety and substance abuse often start in adolescence, then peak in young adulthood. But for young people who don't have steady jobs or stable paychecks, getting help can be tough. A popular provision of...
“Being a military kid can be extraordinarily stressful,” said Ryan Wynkoop, special projects coordinator at Purdue Extension. “The week that these kids spend in the dunes provides them with memories and experiences that will last a...
Nearly 400,000 children in Gaza are in dire need of treatment for psychological damage resulting from the violence in the region over the past seven years, according to officials from the United Nations. Amid the latest clash between Israel and Gaza,...
These resources were provided to teachers with recent immigrant students from Oxford University Press. Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) has thousands of resources on refugee and immigrant children and youth in a...
Since 1 Oc tober 2013, the United States has detained over 57,000 unaccompanied minors from Central America crossing the border from in an attempt to escape severe violence. Makeshift immigration shelters emerged, with emergency responders provid ing...
“They was like, ‘Well, Mr. Young, you know, you not going home no more. You gonna die in prison.’ I’m like, ‘Who gonna die in prison? I ain’t dying in prison.’ So I was in denial because it happened so fast....