Solitary confinement has been called a “ living death ,” cruel and unusual , and torture . Studies of the prison practice of placing inmates in a solitary, often concrete windowless cell for 23 hours a day with almost no...
Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon sign. Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers...
... Pediatricians and family doctors handle the majority of office visits for children being medicated for A.D.H.D., according to a 2012 study in the journal Academic Pediatrics. Most experts blame the relative rarity of child...
Holly Smith, author of Walking Prey, did a Q-and-A with survivors of human trafficking in the article about federal efforts to help survivors. Here is an excerpt: Last month, the White House administration announced a five-year “ Federal...
Amnesty International commended President Hamid Karzai’s decision not to sign the draft Criminal Procedure Code, which would have denied justice to victims of rape, domestic violence and under-aged and forced marriage. The law was a threat to...
One in every 25 children in Tulsa County, or at least one student in every classroom, will suffer from some form of abuse or neglect. That's the latest statistic from the Child Abuse Network, which, along with law enforcement and child services...
Capital Public Radio health reporter Pauline Bartolone did this story about an alternative to hospital emergency rooms for people with mental health patients. It’s estimated that one in 17 people live with a debilitating mental health problem....
Dr. Jeffrey Brenner—MacArthur Foundation genius award winner, founder and executive director of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, and best known for the “hotspotting” concept—made a powerful assertion ( reported on...
California Endowment president Robert K. Ross and Open Society Foundations director of U.S. programs Kenneth H. Zimmerman wrote this for the New York Times op-ed pages. Improving school climates lessens the need for...
Kids who are picked on by their peers may see lasting effects on their physical and mental well-being -- especially if the bullying is allowed to persist for years, a new study suggests. The study found that kids who are chronically bullied seem to...
Australian National University-led research has busted the myth that overweight people live longer than people with a lower body mass index (BMI). The research examined the way in which data were analysed in a range of studies, some of which had...
National Institutes of Mental Health Director Thomas Insel offered this interesting idea on his blog: For pediatricians and parents, one of the most important tools is decidedly low tech. The growth chart, a simple graph of the trajectory of the...
Abstract from the Journal of Child and Family Studies, by authors Paul Lanier, Patricia L. Kohl, Joan Benz, Dawn Swinger and Brett Drake. The purpose of this study was to examine rates of child abuse and neglect reports following a community...
Neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz wrote this fascinating feature for TIme's Healthland section: A crack pipe vending machine for addicts sounds like the punch line of a bad joke—but the same kind of ridicule has been lobbed at many...
Here's a trauma-informed approach to helping homeless people, as reported by CNN correspondent and CBS contributor Anderson Cooper: Giving apartments to homeless people who've been on the streets for years before they've received treatment for...