NIH-funded researchers have discovered that an old fear memory is recalled by a separate brain pathway from the one originally used to recall it when it was fresh. Uncovering new pathways for old memories could change scientists’ view of...
They're holding open office hours this Friday: The National Council’s 2015 Trauma-informed Care Learning Community connects you with trauma experts and agencies like yours to make sure you are offering quality...
She was born to an incarcerated mother. She was repeatedly abused by relatives with whom she spent much of her early life. By the time she turned 10, she had been sexually abused by an older brother, a pimp, who forced her into prostitution....
With youth crime rates and numbers of incarcerated youths declining, now is the ideal time to review how juvenile incarceration meets the needs of youths, their families and society. California is in the process of allocating $80 million in...
There's new scrutiny this year on a federal program that's supposed to protect juveniles in the criminal justice system. Senate lawmakers want to pass a bill that would ensure young people are not locked up alongside adult offenders — and...
It's been two and a half years since the Aurora, Colo. theater shooting in which James Holmes allegedly killed 12 people at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Jury selection for the 2012 incident is scheduled to start Tuesday. One of the...
Mental health professionals: Do you feel overwhelmed by the demands of your job? Do regulations, paperwork, lack of time and inadequate training get in the way of your providing the excellent treatment you dream of? Do you wish your team...
Among deployed and non-deployed active duty Veterans who served during the Iraq or Afghanistan wars between 2001 and 2007, the rate of suicide was greatest the first three years after leaving service, according to a recent study. Compared to the...
Regular physical activity improves brain function even in young adults considered in their prime and at the height of cognitive ability, according to a new University of Otago study. A body of research already exists showing aerobic exercise...
People who study the classification of psychiatric disorders are often grouped into lumpers and splitters. The lumpers tend to see just a few broad categories of mental illness while the splitters try to subdivide psychopathology into smaller and more...
New research finds that a prenatal program aimed at enhancing couples’ co-parenting relationship helped the parents raise children who were better adjusted and ready for school at age seven. Pennsylvania State researchers found that...
In the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in downtown Baltimore, a big, brusque guy runs a pop-up sign-painting studio with a few partners, known collectively as ICY Signs. You can call and call the phone number listed for the shop, but no one ever seems...
Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may explain why smells or objects that trigger associations with early life abuse can sometimes reduce stress in adults. "Children form a strong attachment to...
For the first time in California, thousands of early-learning centers in most of the state, from preschools to licensed child-care centers and homes, are in the process of implementing a common system to rate the quality of their programs. The...
There are enormous inequalities in education in the United States. A child born into a poor family has only a 9 percent chance of getting a college degree, but the odds are 54 percent for a child in a high-income family. These gaps open early,...