"BRCC lecture explores mindset of abused partner... "Housden, a facilitator with the Batterers Intervention Program serving a region that includes Rockingham County and Harrisonburg, shared the early 1980s tragedy to illustrate how women who try...
Two kindergarteners at Cherokee Point Elementary School in San Diego's City Heights neighborhood get into a fight on the playground. Their teacher sends them to the principal's office. Instead of suspending or expelling the six-year-olds, as...
Staff morale has gone up dramatically at the new type of shelters, says Hobart. Community involvement has also increased, with volunteers coming in to offer services such as financial counseling. But most important has been the change in the way the...
"Offering child abuse victims a forum to relive their experiences without any chance of justice or compensation is "immoral" and may cause further emotional damage, victims told the Health and Sport Committee on 26 March 2013. MSPs were taking...
"You can’t walk 1,500 miles without being noticed or someone asking “Why?” "For Lauren Book, it’s very clear why: Book was sexually abused by her female nanny from the age of eleven to sixteen. "Book is walking from Key West to...
"Five year-olds who watch TV for three or more hours a day are increasingly likely to develop antisocial behaviours, such as fighting or stealing by the age of seven, indicates research published online in Archives of Disease in Childhood...."...
"I've often said that community equals immunity, because our sense of safety, security, and belonging is quite literally wired in by how many people and places welcome us and make us feel like we belong. This is one of the main...
"Here’s a problem that can happen in any neighborhood: a kid seems to be pretty much on his own. He hangs around your house a lot, seems unkempt and under-nourished. Maybe he doesn’t seem to have a curfew and no one appears to be looking...
"Not surprisingly, returning veterans - particularly those with PTSD - have a higher divorce rate than non-veterans. And in the past few years, we've lost more American servicemembers to suicide than to combat. But now, University of Utah researchers...
"Previous research has shown that obesity runs in families, and twin studies suggest that this is largely due to genetic factors, with heritability estimates over 50%. 32 genes have been identified as risk factors for obesity but previous analyses...
"Two siblings, an 8-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, started acting out in school. Teachers talked to them to see what was causing their behavior. Then a school counselor, members of the administrative staff and a school nurse each questioned the...
Ore. lawmakers target child sex trafficking, Mar. 26th Oregon lawmakers target pimps, child sex traffickers, Mar. 25th "It's hard to know exactly how many children are working as prostitutes. But the problem is real, says Glen "J.R." Ujifusa,...
Living with PTSD "For weeks now we have heard from Jodi Arias and the defense team's experts about Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Arias says she does not remember stabbing Travis Alexander or slitting his throat. Defense expert Dr. Richard...
"Depression may inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects typically associated with physical activity and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, according to researchers at Duke Medicine...."...
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