Abstract: The first thousand days following conception is a critical period during which a large fraction of adult health is programmed. Societies can structure their support during this period in ways that enhance or damage...
Ruby Howard takes a while to warm up to describing past episodes of her life. The 58-year-old Virginia Beach woman traveled a path through emergency rooms, psychiatric units and homeless shelters for a year before coming to an apartment complex...
Young women with ADHD who have been exposed to abuse, neglect or other traumas in childhood and adolescence are at greater risk for self-injury, eating disorders and suicide than those with ADHD who were not mistreated in early youth, according to new...
Doctors write millions of prescriptions a year for drugs to calm the behavior of people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. But non-drug approaches actually work better, and carry far fewer risks, experts conclude in a new report. In...
Extremely obese children—such as those at least 100 pounds overweight—are in deeper trouble in terms of cardiovascular disease risks than doctors have thought, new research suggests. The study appears online March 2 in JAMA Pediatrics....
What behaviors make for an ideal father when the nuclear family has been blown up like the Cosby Show? Fathering as a practice has never been tethered to a household or marriage, especially for the sons of slavery and Jim Crow. Most black...
Imagine that the next time you go in for a physical, you're told there's a new tool that can estimate your risk for many of the major health problems that affect Americans: heart disease, diabetes, depression, addiction, just to name a few....
I’m walking, walking in the sand along the shore with the waves slamming my bare feet… icy cold water up around my ankles, clear water in the middle of July. I’m thinking and walking with my black dog running beside me. I look up at...
Community Care in the UK has put together an excellent list of recommendations that includes actions social workers, supervisors, politicians and community members can take to "stand up for social work." Several advocate for employee policies...
My goal for 2015 is to make some major lifestyle changes by creating a healthy, daily self-care routine. I begin by focusing on gratitude every morning when I wake up. I set a grateful intention for my life, my family, my health, and my...
To restore the dignity of youth in our juvenile justice system, the Children’s Defense Fund-California (CDF-CA) is calling for an end to the punitive incarceration model and a fundamental transformation in how we treat youth. We recently...
Co-authored by Linda Beeber, Ph.D., RN, CS, FAAN, professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Madeline A. Naegle, Ph.D., PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, professor at New York University Does the U.S. need more "asylums" to treat or house...
A single instance of incarceration in a young person’s life increases the risk of future imprisonment, at a cost to taxpayers of $240.99 per day. Living in jail worsens the mental, emotional, and behavioral...
The community got a treat yesterday when Dr. Vincent Felitti visited Alpena Regional Medical Center to talk about a study he's been a part of for over 20 years. People gathered at ARMC on Saturday to listen to San Diego based doctor Vincent Felitti...
The ACEs Design Team through United Way is collaborating to develop a community change strategy to combat and prevent ACEs. ACEs Design Team Purpose Statement: " Working together as a community, we coordinate our efforts and leverage resources,...