"The lawsuit says that after the Army began its sex-abuse investigation, it failed to warn the victim's mother, and the suspect molested the girl again. "A Clarksville, Tenn., woman is suing the U.S. Army for $30 million, saying its silence on a sex...
"In the Smoky Mountain region, which contains Blount County, Child Protective Services investigated 629 cases of child sexual abuse and 432 cases of physical abuse to children.... "It’s the goal of the New Hope Blount County...
If you ever wonder if the word is spreading about how toxic childhood trauma is affecting lives, and whether the ACE Study data is reaching people in the trenches of rape crisis centers, child advocacy centers, clinicians, detention psychologists,...
Authored by economists Mani, Mullainathan, Shafir, and Zhao. "For people struggling to live paycheck-to-paycheck, daily life can sometimes seem like a gauntlet of impossible-to-answer questions.... "For many, those questions become so...
"We all know that the romance novel ends when the couple gets married, but in life that is when the real work begins and it is the same with children," Prof Pocock said. "The first six months of a baby's life, albeit very important months, are only...
"One study reveals the global burden of mental and substance use disorders in 2010, and the other provides the first ever analysis of the global prevalence and effects of the illicit use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids. "Mental and...
"In a call to action on the sorry comparative state of U.S. health, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health are urging President Obama to "remove the public veil of ignorance" and confront a pressing question: Why is...
Abstract During the latter half of the twentieth century, an explosion of research elucidated a growing number of causes of disease and contributors to health. Biopsychosocial models that accounted for the wide range of factors influencing health...
Abstract The way in which parents interact with their environment may have implications for their likelihood of abuse and neglect. This study examines the parent–environment relationship through community involvement and perception, using social...
"Despite recent gains against substance abuse by American teens, hundreds of thousands of them use marijuana and alcohol on a given day, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. "On a typical day, an estimated 881,684 kids aged 12 to 17 smoke...
"There's concern the sport of swimming still may be dealing with a sexual abuse problem in the United States. "It's been three years since revelations emerged in the media. A number of in-depth reports in 2010 likened the situation in swimming to the...
...Sharing a Great Idea to Promote Understanding of the Connection Between "Behaviour" and "Belonging".... "Page 11-15 outline a process that could be used with a learning support team or a whole staff to come to understand the connection between...
"Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are twice as likely to have smoked than their heterosexual peers, according to new research published in BMJ Open. Lesbian and gay young people were also more likely to drink alcohol frequently...
"A legislative bill crafted by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) to increase funding for Domestic Violence Shelters was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown Monday. The bill, AB 139, strengthens penalties that perpetrators of domestic...