Studies show music helps shape an infant’s brain in the womb, and keeps babies alive after birth. So surely children’s choirs can heal child trauma. What if Bruce Perry or Bessel van der Kolk had been a Vienna Choir Boy? They’d be...
In one disadvantaged Richmond community, educational opportunities are a lifeline for community residents to better health, yet the relationship between education and health is often complex. See how the Engaging Richmond partnership, a group of...
Photo credit: David Mason, Flickr From the doorway, my patient looked pregnant — but his protuberant belly was actually a sign of serious liver disease that had quickly worsened. Given the fluid pressing on his abdomen, he was no doubt in...
Nobody can say for sure how many schools and youth-serving institutions are introducing sexual violence prevention programming in the wake of recent high-profile cases, but we know the number is growing. David Lee, of the nonprofit PreventConnect,...
Photo credit: Paul Burnett, Flickr The adolescent brain is also known to be extra-sensitive to dopamine, meaning that the reward systems associated with drug addictions are in overdrive. These changes cause teenagers to minimize negative effects...
Photo credit: johnkell, flickr On Monday, it emerged that Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, were both arrested on domestic violence-like charges of disorderly conduct, following a "family dispute" at their Connecticut home over the...
On Saturday morning, April 26, I attended a conference sponsored by the Rand Corporation on the release of The City of Santa Monica 2014 Youth Wellbeing Report Card . The purpose of the report card is to track how the school aged children are doing in...
Ask any busy parent of preschool children: Early evening can be a stressful time. Now a small new study that audiotaped families soon after they returned home from work and day care suggests that spanking is surprisingly common. Among 33 families, the...
Stress is contagious. Observing another person in a stressful situation can be enough to make our own bodies release the stress hormone cortisol. This is the conclusion reached by scientists involved in a large-scale cooperation project between the...
Researchers at the MedUni Vienna have demonstrated the possibility of using a blood test to detect depression. While blood tests for mental illnesses have until recently been regarded as impossible, a recent study clearly indicates that, in principle,...
Working memory—the ability to hold information in your mind, think about it, and use it to guide behavior—develops through childhood and adolescence, and is key for successful performance at school and work. Previous research with young...
While at rest, multiple regions of the brain remain engaged in a highly heritable, stable pattern of activity called the default mode network. Researchers have found that this network is often disrupted in people with schizophrenia and...
Image: Washington Post What do you do, and what does your organization do? Marina works for Northwest Educational Service District 189, which serves five counties by providing teacher support, alternative schooling for youth, and prevention and...
Source: WikiMedia Commons Last month, it was reported that an Edmonton woman was badly beaten by her spouse. Though the attack put her in the hospital, the police offered a silver lining by stating that her unborn baby, at least, wasn't harmed....