First in a three-part series. To read part two, click here . For many people in Santa Ana, the most dangerous place to be isn’t a deserted park after sundown or a street corner in a tough neighborhood. It’s home. Santa Ana's...
Promoting the long-term health and well being of Iowa’s children is essential to our state’s future. Kids lead more productive, happy lives if they receive mental health and developmental services when they need them, according to the...
Since I am feeling a bit inspired by a Martin Luther King speech I heard yesterday where he said "The time has come for America to hear the truth..." I will say a few more things which I am sure most people don't want to hear. Hell. ...
Tonight I watched this clip again... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFsfDLCkfQU I want to point out a few things. At 1:40 the mother says "This is the part I will never forgive myself for..." Then she says she was "upset"...
A new report commissioned by Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) and prepared by Pegasus Economics, released in early February 2015, showed that as a nation, Australia could save a minimum of $9.1 billion annually by addressing the impacts of...
In this episode of Invisibilia, NPR's new show about human behavior, we wanted to explore entanglements: the invisible ways we're entangled with each other. So we called a comedian. I'm a fan of Maria Bamford, who has done impressions of her...
An estimated 43.7 million American adults -- 18.6 percent of all adults in the U.S. -- suffer from a mental illness. But only 13.4 percent of U.S. adults get any mental health treatment at all. The reasons why are complex and include structural...
Despite an eight-year overhaul of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, reports of jailers abusing underage inmates at state-run facilities including a local center keep surfacing, giving insight to new challenges inside these facilities. Jose...
People in Cambodia experience what we Americans call depression. But there's no direct translation for the word "depression" in the Cambodian Khmer language. Instead, people may say thelea tdeuk ceut, which literally means "the water in my...
California lawmakers will consider a major overhaul this year of how the state cares for thousands of traumatized foster children, a sweeping effort to curb the excessive use of psychiatric drugs in the child welfare system. Legislation to...
A new study is the first to show that the treatment of insomnia in veterans is associated with a significant reduction in suicidal ideation. Results show that suicidal ideation decreased by 33 percent following up to six sessions of cognitive...
Moderate-intensity exercise, or even just walking, can improve quality of life for depressed middle-aged women, a large Australian study suggests. Women who averaged 150 minutes of moderate exercise (golf, tennis, aerobics classes, swimming or...
As the use of student loans escalates, so too do conversations about the possible ramifications of increasingly high debt for young Americans. It's widely known that inability to pay student debt can result in a host of problems, like damaged...
As schools tout the importance of exercise in an era of childhood obesity, a California parent and his lawyer have agreed to a settlement with dozens of districts across California that will force elementary schools to prove they are providing at...
A new discovery shows how a simple intervention—self-affirmation - can open our brains to accept advice that is hard to hear. "Self-affirmation involves reflecting on core values," explained Emily Falk, the study's lead author and...