A book to help very young children cope with the trauma of domestic violence is about to go global. Written by Wiltshire trauma parenting specialist Jane Evans, How Are You Feeling Today Baby Bear ? is to be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers...
An editorial in the Columbus Dispatch from Tracy Plouck, director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services: Im pleased to report that mental health is a key area of focus in Ohios public-policy agenda. With Gov. John Kasichs leadership, our state recently extended health benefits (including access to mental-health and addiction treatment) for low-income Ohioans. This is a huge step forward for people who are working and paying taxes, but...
Thousands of fans will descend on New York and New Jersey for Super Bowl XLVIII — and experts say human traffickers will be lurking behind them. The criminals, as with past Super Bowls, hope to use the large crowds to sell people forced into...
Stacey Lannert, an abuse awareness advocate, gave four lectures at the Fulton State Hospital yesterday, sharing her story of abuse and life after murdering her abuser — her alcoholic father. “She has a message of hope,” Marty...
The Missouri Department Of Social Service’s Children’s Division is in charge of investigating accusations of child abuse and neglect. But, according to the Springfield News-Leader , the agency is short of money and...
The statistics were compiled from the Vatican's own annual reports about the activities of its various offices, including the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which handles sex abuse cases. Although public, the annual reports are not...
I’m going to tell you the cure for Attachment Disorder and its many related ills in this simple two-part blog. But as the good witch Glenda told Dorothy, you won’t believe me until you experience it for yourself. I...
United Nations child protection experts have pushed Vatican delegates to reveal the scope of the decades- long sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic priests that Pope Francis called "the shame of the Church". The delegates, answering questions from...
It was almost always scary when Lucy’s daddy came to visit her mama. But when his eyes were red and he smelled funny and talked loud, that’s when there was real trouble. Sometimes he hit mama or threw things. Sometimes the police came; big...
An international paedophile ring that streamed live child abuse from the Philippines has been broken after a joint operation involving British, Australian and US police. The UK's National Crime Agency said 29 people had been arrested,...
Schools in wealthier areas are more likely to have a physical education (PE) teacher on staff than are schools in poorer areas, but students in both wealthy and less affluent areas are coming up short with regard to physical activity, finds a new...
This story focuses on maternity leave in terms of economics, but long paid leave also helps infants bond with their mothers and reduces stress in the family. The share of employers offering time off with full pay after childbirth dropped to 5.2...
The Nation's Michelle Goldberg wrote this analysis of the current revival of the suggestion that marriage is a solution to poverty, when poverty is much more complex. She integrates “A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the...
Atlantic Cities' Derek Thompson looks at John Cawley's article -- " The Economics of Obesity " -- in the NBER reporter. Although this is still a case of looking for obesity in all the wrong places, the article is interesting for what it doesn't...