"What is most striking about how therapies are developed and implemented in PTSD-land today is how rarely one actually hears what patients think about it at all" wrote David J. Morris in The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress...
I came home yesterday and found this email and attached video on my computer. My heart is still racing and I am very emotional. I am humbled, and I recognize that this gift is priceless, and one that I will carry with me for the...
Two rich and sobering reports have been released on the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on Alaskans and on the state’s Native people. The reports give specificity to the health, economic, and social challenges that are widely...
When I was in high school, I used to walk around Pittsburgh at night a lot. It wasn’t really a matter of defiance or anything like that — it was just what made sense. Buses were inconsistent and unreliable after about 8 p.m., I...
A mindfulness program appears to be beneficial for patients with chronic pain, according to a study published in the April issue of Pain Medicine. Peter la Cour, Ph.D., from the Copenhagen Multidisciplinary Pain Center, and Marian Peterson, Ph.D.,...
Advocates fighting to dismantle what the Department of Justice has called the “school-to-prison pipeline” won a small victory last week when the agency agreed to investigate the legality of truancy courts in Texas. Along with...
The jihadis build fantasy relationships, play on a child’s suspicion of parents, and lure their young targets into a world of shared ‘secrets.’ The so-called Islamic State is recruiting Western kids with techniques pedophiles...
Paladin students on a field trip to Minneapolis to see the play, Romeo and Juliet. __________________________ At many high schools across the U.S, it’s spring break time. Most kids and teachers can’t wait to get away from school with their...
Ricardo Muñoz thinks that MOOCs get a bad rap. MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses, Internet-based higher education available to anyone in the world, regardless of age or qualifications, and usually for free. MOOCs have become very...
Many of the students Kameelah Rashad interacts with in her work as the Muslim chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania live in a state of fear and insecurity. "Many students feel Muslims are the exception -- that everyone else has freedom of...
Back in 2011, the city of Seattle launched an experimental drug enforcement program that has been compared, if somewhat unfairly, to the infamous “Hamsterdam” episode of HBO's The Wire. Fans of the show of course remember the story:...
During the sentencing of Thomas DiFiore, a leader of the infamous Bonanno crime family, Stephanie Clifford of the New York Times noted a trend: At 71, DiFiore is one of the “oldfellas,” a generation of aging Mafiosi who are...
Los Angeles County officials are preparing to crack down on doctors who inappropriately prescribe powerful psychiatric drugs to foster youth and children in the juvenile delinquency system, according to a copy of the plans obtained by The...
I have a movie recommendation for you. It has all the makings of a blockbuster: suspense, humor, lovable characters you can relate to, and it’s a tearjerker to boot. It follows the protagonists as they fight for their lives through all...
Editor’s Note: As jurors deliberate a verdict for Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston and its surrounding towns continue to feel the aftereffects of the bombing. Dr. Barbara Gortych of Watertown, which was the...