U.S. drug policies are shifting. Slowly, and not enough, but there is progress. Mandatory minimums are being phased out . Treatment is increasingly available to those caught up in the criminal justice system. A s the Affordable Care Act ...
When you live with parental addiction, a little kindness, can go a long way. When you are sad, or lonely or feeling unwanted, the smallest gesture from someone who sees you can change the course of your day, it can strengthen you for the week, it can...
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Anthony G. Brown is pledging to reduce the number of Maryland children in foster care by 1,000 if he is elected governor, using an “aggressive” public-service campaign and more visible profiles...
This op-ed was written by Deborah Merrifield, past commissioner of the Erie County Department of Social Services, who is now executive director of the Family Help Center and chairwoman of WECAN, Western New York Ending Child Abuse and Neglect....
Love. A word well-bandied, but little understood, it turns out. Come with me on my first foray into the neurological jungle of the science of love, in "A General Theory of Love," by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon. These three MDs and...
Thank you Lou Godbold for posting this on Facebook! As Russell says: The only way to help addicts is to treat them not as bad people but as sick people http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/8857821/fixing-a-hole/ When will we realize that “so...
Thank you John James & Russell Friedman for saving my life...again... Authors of the Grief Recovery Handbook Their new book: Book Review: When Children Grieve by John W. James, Russell Friedman, and Leslie Matthews...I wish that every parent would read When Children Grieve.... http://tongonto.com/book-review-when-children-grieve/
Recent research is providing family therapists with new information about the complex interaction between an individual's biological makeup and his/her social and physical environment. Family and social relationships, particularly during sensitive...
This kind of squirming seems like a way of avoiding a larger topic: the still-hidden subject of rape within families and how frequently it takes place. ( According to a study by the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, in about a third of...
The failure of U.S. schools to protect students from sexual abuse by school personnel is a story of district cover-ups, lack of training, incomplete teacher background checks and little guidance from the U.S. Department of Education, according to a...
Given that housing prices and rents in California far exceed what is affordable to the average working family, a disproportionate number of California families experience housing instability. Housing instability hits children particularly hard, and...
A leading cause of disability, depression rates are increasing in the U.S. and under-treatment is widespread, especially among certain groups including men, the poor, the elderly and ethnic minorities, finds a new study in General Hospital Psychiatry...
Adolescents who experienced frequent racial discrimination without emotional support from parents and peers had higher levels of blood pressure, a higher body mass index, and higher levels of stress-related hormones at age 20, placing them at greater...
Betty Takahashi’s job in the Bellevue School District does not come with the comfort of routine One hundred and fifty seven homeless students are currently enrolled in the district’s schools. That’s up from 131 last year....