In Pennsylvania, it's estimated opioids like heroin killed at least 1,300 people last year. In Massachusetts, more than 1,000 have died, and in Connecticut, heroin deaths jumped more than 85 percent in two years. But figuring out the size and...
Educators gathered in Thunder Bay Junior High Wednesday evening to learn about how childhood trauma and adverse experiences affects student learning and behavior, and how teachers can help. Attendees heard about how childhood trauma, toxic...
Imagine a future where your phone can analyze your emotional state by the sound of your voice. That's not as improbable as it sounds; computers are already pretty good at discerning your feelings, and they're getting better all the...
A provocative paper says that neuroscientists who research mental health problems ought to listen to the views of people who have experienced those conditions. The piece, from Australian authors Anthony Stratford and colleagues, is published in...
Twenty-one years ago Rwanda was torn apart by violence. Members of the Hutu majority slaughtered their Tutsi neighbors, killing hundreds of thousands of Tutsi minorities in only four months. Once the massacre finally stopped, a difficult question...
A recent Brookings Institution blog post presented a snapshot of Baltimore’s economic and racial inequality, illuminating the social realities that fueled the unrest following the police-induced ...
The new American Fitness Index report ranks the overall fitness of the country’s 50 most populous cities. Topping this year’s list: Washington, D.C. In last place: Indianapolis. How Do You Measure Fitness? The project—a...
Contra Costa County’s probation department will ban the practice of locking students with disabilities in their cells for extended periods of time as punishment for their behavior in class, while the Contra Costa County Office of...
People with depression may be more likely to develop Parkinson's disease, according to a large study published in the May 20, 2015, online issue ofNeurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "We saw this link...
A new study, published in The Journal of Public Health which examined changes in BMI in children aged 4-11 years, found that that the number of obese children approximately doubles between the first and last years of primary school...
Hamoudi, A., Murray, D. W., Sorensen, L., & Fontaine, A. February, 2015 This is the second in a series of four inter-related reports titledSelf-Regulation and Toxic Stress. The first report, Foundations for Understanding Self-Regulation from an Applied Developmental Perspective , provides a comprehensive framework for understanding self-regulation in context, using a theoretical model that reflects the influence of biology, caregiving, and the environment on the...
It’s been almost 40 years since he first set foot on American soil. A young man who was only able to finish the first grade and as the oldest, had the task of supporting his family. Between going back and forth from Recoveco, Sinaloa,...
On April 27, King County Executive Dow Constantine proposed his Best Starts for Kids ordinance to the County Council. The proposed levy is focused on supporting children to “put every child on a path toward lifelong success.” This...
People who experienced bullying in childhood are more likely to be overweight and show higher levels of blood inflammation in later life, finds new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London. This puts them at higher risk of heart attack and various age-related conditions, including type-2 diabetes, according to the study authors. The findings are based on data from the British National Child Development Study (NCDS), a long-term...
L ife Study is a new and very important research study that will involve over 80,000 babies born between 2014 and 2018 – and their families from across the UK. Life Study will collect information about these babies...