Source: WikiMedia Researchers have found evidence of an interaction between prenatal smoking and genetic risk factors that increase aggressive behavior in children, especially in girls. "The interesting issue is that not all children exposed to...
Source WikiMedia (Medical Xpress)—In the new health-care climate of the federal Affordable Care Act and efforts to expand Medicaid to accommodate more individuals and children, the need to closely examine ways to best use government...
Perhaps due to a lack of or inconsistent insurance coverage, young adults age 18 to 25 tend to go to the doctor's office less often than children or adolescents, yet have higher rates of emergency room use, finds a study in the Journal of...
In commemoration of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention cosponsored a Web Forum discussion with Dr. David Corwin and Dr. James Henry on the...
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Pregnant women addicted to illegal narcotics or prescription pain pills could soon be jailed in Tennessee under a bill awaiting the governor's signature. The enjoys bipartisan support — despite objections from doctors. The medical term for what...
“Every girl should have an opportunity to change,” says Aggie Pappas, executive director of one of the 18 PACE centers currently in Florida. A Florida program created in 1985 for girls who had a brush with the law has now developed...
More than 40 years ago, a classic experiment established that we can learn a lot about the adults children will grow into using only a soft, sugary treat. The Stanford marshmallow experiment, first conducted in 1972, showed that a child’s...
A little-known Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision has the potential to improve the health of young adults who often have significant health care needs and are more likely to be uninsured than their peers: former foster youth. But a new report finds...
Psychologist Stephanie Covington believes understanding trauma can help staff appreciate that women in jail can be victims too It's a weekday morning, and in a packed lecture theatre in central London, author and consultant Stephanie Covington is...
Using the Social Enterprise Intervention and Individual Placement and Support Models to Improve Employment and Clinical Outcomes of Homeless Youth With Mental Illness ” (abstract). Kristin M. Ferguson. Social Work in Mental Health, Vol. 11, No....
Two Simon Fraser University psychologists have made a brain-related discovery that could revolutionize doctors' perception and treatment of attention-deficit disorders. This discovery opens up the possibility that environmental and/or genetic factors...
Happiness derived from tasks that help others, like raising money for a charity, could be better for teen mental health than happiness derived from selfish activities, like eating chocolate or listening to music, according to research by Adriana...
For years, President Obama has been a vocal booster of early childhood education. In his past two State of the Union addresses, he has called on Congress to help fund preschool for every child in the country. "Research shows that one of the best...
Under a bill pending in Congress, states would be forbidden to lock up juveniles who violate a court order by committing a status offense. States would be forbidden to lock up juveniles who violate a court order by committing a status offense like...