Our fabulous founder, Jane Stevens, is featured in this article. "Science and health reporter Jane Stevens was struck by what she saw as the profound implications of the study for helping to explain problems plaguing families and communities,...
#ACEsummit Tuesday's schedule: The purpose of the National Summit on Adverse Childhood Experiences is to bring together national and local leaders committed to understanding the research, policy and practice implications about adverse...
"When trouble approaches, what do you do? Run for the hills? Hide? Pretend it isn't there? Or do you focus on the promise of rain in those looming dark clouds? New research suggests that the way you regulate your emotions, in bad times and in good,...
"I want this child medicated," the relative demanded. "He's talking back to me." "Since the child in question was 5, Dr. J. David Moore was unwilling to medicate without a full assessment of the boy and his home situation. "Drugs should be the last...
"These are two lines of research that will hopefully increasingly merge… Neurocriminologist Adrian Raine’s new book The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime presents a biological approach to criminal behavior, but a...
" There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are valid or useful, according to the leading body representing Britain's clinical psychologists. In a groundbreaking move that has already...
"Today, health officials are unveiling the results of a groundbreaking research on the long-term effects of exposure to violence during childhood. "Philadelphia is the first city where the impact of urban stress is being studied.... "Psychiatrist...
"Forty percent of Philadelphians witnessed violent incidents while they were growing up, according to a groundbreaking survey that attempts to figure out the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult health. "The survey was the first to...
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"A study by David Finkelhor, Ph.D., of the University of New Hampshire, and colleagues updates estimates and trends for childhood exposure to a range of violence, crime and abuse victimizations. "The study used the National Survey of Children's...
"Being a woman, unemployed and living in a situation of social adversity are the three strongest trigger influences in subjects with a genetic predisposition to mental disorder. Moreover, in Andalusia, over 20% of the population present a mental...
Almost half the nation's children have experienced at least one or more types of serious childhood trauma, according to a new survey on adverse childhood experiences by the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). This...
"Since we know there are established links between animal cruelty and different types of violent behavior , including domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse, today we had the unique opportunity to host a listening session on the intersection...
Abstract Extensive research documents powerful relationships between humans and companion animals, and 62 percent of U.S. households report having a companion animal. Social workers are likely to work with individuals and families with companion...