America is the richest country in all of history. We have the largest economy and the largest number of millionaires and billionaires. At the same time, however, we lead the developed world in economic inequality. In 1965, CEOs received $20 for...
Robin Petering first encountered the “juggalos” – tattooed and street-named young fans of the non-mainstream band, Insane Clown Posse – about seven years ago, when she worked in Oregon drop-in centers for youth experiencing...
Brain scans may soon be able to help predict a person's future — some aspects of it, anyway. Information from these scans increasingly is able to suggest whether a child will have trouble with math, say, or whether someone with mental...
For people with depressed mood, memory and concentration difficulties are often a day-to-day reality, greatly affecting job performance and personal relationships. While those with the disorder report that these cognitive problems are some of...
Fear meets Sarah Wolff in the elevator. It’s standing beside her as she rides to her third-floor apartment. Taunting her. Tapping her shoulder and whispering in her ear. “When I get off the elevator up here, I panic,” she...
A recent study published in the January 2015 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry underscores the important public health significance of depression among U.S. adolescents. Mental disorders are the...
At age 17, Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison for the 1994 fatal shooting of her pimp George Howard. Upon her release in late 2013, CBS News wrote: “Kruzan's case became a high-profile example used by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San...
Every weekday around 3:15 p.m., a big, yellow school bus stops on Pelican Drive outside Norcross Extended Stay, near the intersection with Best Friend Drive. Dozens of children file out, carrying their heavy backpacks away from the...
The profound challenges of coming to terms with the underlying issues of race raised by the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown were on full display at a Berkeley Unified School District forum I attended just before the winter holidays....
In US households that earn $100,000 or more per year, 64% of children age three or four attend preschool. In US households making less than $50,000, only 40% of kids are getting education before kindergarten. That’s a 24 percentage-point...
When children demonstrate self-control, it's a strong indicator of later educational and economic success. But even for kids who can't resist immediate gratification, self-control is a skill that can be taught. Economics correspondent Paul Solman...
Here’s more evidence that treatment is often more effective than incarceration for young offenders. Most offenders ages 10 to 18 with mental health and behavioral problems who were diverted from detention centers to a treatment program in Ohio...
Next month, communities across the nation will once again estimate the number of people experiencing homelessness, in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's annual point-in-time count. If yours is one of them, you may be looking for...
“Bullying Prevalence Across Contexts: A Meta-analysis Measuring Cyber and Traditional Bullying,” Kathryn L. Modecki, Jeannie Minchin, Allen G. Harbaugh, Nancy Guerra, and Kevin C. Reunions. The Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 55, Issue...
MANY of my friends were shocked some years ago when I cut down on my junk-food intake. Even my wise old physician was a little put out. He had more or less given me the green light to the “golden arches” a few years before when, one...