"Asian-Americans experience considerable everyday prejudice and discrimination, reports a Cornell study published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (Vol. 60:2). The study is one of the first to document the prevalence and effects of racial...
"In the first chapter of Speak , the protagonist Melinda lists the first 10 lies they tell you in high school: We are here to help you. These will be the years you look back on fondly. Melinda is raped at a party the summer before she begins high...
"When we started coding the trauma data, which includes all types of childhood injuries that turn up at these trauma centers, and we noticed the morbid pattern of gun violence-related injuries for children ... that shifted the focus of the study to...
"A specific region of the brain is in play when children consider their identity and social status as they transition into adolescence -- that often-turbulent time of reaching puberty and entering middle school, says a University of Oregon...
"Last year in Norristown, Pa., Lakisha Briggs' boyfriend physically assaulted her, and the police arrested him. But in a cruel turn of events, a police officer then told Ms. Briggs, "You are on three strikes. We're gonna have your landlord evict you."...
"Since the ACE studies, we researchers and professionals in the criminal justice, mental health, and youth development fields have learned or demonstrated that many of us and many of the people we serve have always known intuitively about what helps...
"The push for legislation to establish tougher domestic violence laws and provide support for survivors has been going on for decades, but state Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, says one major event of the 20th century led to a greater emphasis on...
"According to Dr. Bruce Perry (2003), an expert on children maltreatment and traumatized children, he purports that traumatic childhood events constructs a host of risk factors including social factors (e.g. adolescent drug abuse, victimization,...
"Our team at the Yale Child Study Center led by Steven Marans and including Carrie Epstein, Hilary Hahn, Joe Woolston and Megan Goslin, has taken--together with Steve Southwick, William Sledge and others from the Department of Psychiatry -- the lead...
“A balance of compassion for these people who are really, truly hurting while clearly holding them accountable for their choices and behavior.” The balancing act of using psychotherapy to treat aggressors in instances of domestic...
"When Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts was a child abuse detective, he said he realized the only way to make a difference was for different agencies to work together.... As part of the summit, an assistant US attorney from Detroit is sharing...
"The prevalence of child abuse in Montana is both heartbreaking and alarming. Last year, Montana’s Child and Family Service Division completed 8,000 investigations of child abuse and neglect involving 11,835 children. Abuse or ...
"We want Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up " says Aileen Campbell, Scotland's minister for children and young people. I've heard her say it whenever she speaks about the Scottish government's programme to improve children's...
Boston is trying to get back to normal. Stores are open. Trains are running. And children are back in school. With memories of the Newtown tragedy still fresh and the haunting images of the Boston Marathon inescapable, teachers were...