The Indian Country Today Media Network looks at the impact of abuse and neglect on children in American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. An 8-month-old baby drowns in the bathtub while his father gets high smoking marijuana with friends. A baby...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons What does it mean when a parent cannot remember any happy childhood memories? And how can we help them build a strong supportive family even when they cannot remember one? Summer and holiday time experiences often...
New research looks at the relationship between the dopamine system and drugs like cocaine and amphetamine. Recent published research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation demonstrates how changes in dopamine signaling and dopamine...
Even before they are born, babies are learning from experience, especially if it’s directly related to their moms, new research is shows. For example, while in the womb babies can learn to recognize a nursery rhyme if the mom repeats the verses...
A recent study by Professor Heckman and UC Berkeley economist Paul Gertler et al. examines the impact of an early childhood intervention conducted in Jamaica from 1986 through 1988 by researchers at the University of the West Indies. What they found...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons New research aims to examine whether parental bonding can serve as a buffer against toxic stress in infants and children. Tulane University psychiatrist Dr. Stacy Drury has been given $2.4 million by the National...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons New findings about accessibility to anti-psychotic medications have important implications about how we treat people with mental illness. Researchers from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that participants who received care through BMC's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP)--an...
For those who are currently experiencing ACEs and those dealing with the lifelong impact of ACEs, physical and mental health access is key. What are the implications of recent court rulings on this access? WASHINGTON — Two federal appeals court...
Bringing "trauma sensitivity" to the foster/adoption community! For more info visit: www.Facebook.com/PreserveFamiliesWithRADChildrenNow ATTENTION: Assistant Secretary Strus, Children’s Administration Dear Asst. Sec. Strus:...
Both males and females affected; risk goes up with drug and alcohol abuse, researchers say One in six American teens seen at emergency departments has experienced dating violence, new research finds. Researchers surveyed nearly 4,100 teens, aged 14 to...
The 100 Resilient Cities Challenge seeks to find 100 cities worldwide that are ready to build resilience to the social, economic, and physical challenges that cities face in an increasingly urbanized world. We can't predict the next disruption or...
After several months of negotiations, Gov. Jerry Brown and advocates for less punitive disciplinary policies have compromised on a bill that would limit schools’ ability to suspend or expel students for “willful defiance,” according...
Expectant moms' use of nicotine-replacement therapy could also spell problems for kids, study suggests Children born to women who smoked during pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...
40 percent who'd sent explicit messages or photos said they'd been sexually active, study finds Middle school students who send sexually explicit text messages and photos to one another are more likely to have sex than those who don't "sext," a new...