What can be done about homeless people, those poor, sick, jobless souls who just can’t seem to get their acts together and whose suffering makes the streets and sidewalks so uncomfortable for the rest of us? Homelessness has many causes,...
Going up a skirt size over a period of 10 years between your mid 20s and mid 50s is linked to a 33 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer after the menopause, finds a large observational study published in the online journal BMJ Open. ...
Dr. Stephen Porges discovered in 1994 that trauma in humans comes from our most ancient "reptilian" freeze reflex, which our brains share with some very low life forms. He calls it the Polyvagal Theory. Humans aren't made to be pushed into such...
The airstrikes against the Islamic State, a decidedly violent and oppressive group, are deeply unsettling, bringing forth memories of 9/ll and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, along with fears that America will never extract itself from this...
The city of Walla Walla has proclaimed October as Children’s Resilience Month. In October, the Children’s Resilience Initiative will spread community awareness of adverse childhood experiences, and about the agency’s efforts...
When Broward County Florida mental health-criminal justice community stakeholders reached consensus to implement a specialized mental health court to problem solve and combat the criminalization of persons with mental illness in our county in...
They are common suggestions to remedy stress: You just need a breath of fresh air. Walk it off. Get out and see people. Turns out all those things combined may in fact make you feel better – a lot better – a new large scale study suggests....
A recent Oregon survey about an exercise DVD that adds short breaks of physical activity into the daily routine of elementary school students found it had a high level of popularity with both students and teachers, and offered clear advantages...
In a renewed private-public partnership, the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation are jointly providing $2 million to advance juvenile...
Whether the young person is held in a juvenile or immigrant detention center, adult jail or prison, the common denominator for all these settings is that the individual is under the age of 18, removed from the general population of the facility, and...
Robin Williams once said, "The world is open for play." But how often, in the midst of the daily grind, does it really feel that way? When we measure our lives in to-do lists and devote every moment to being productive, play, of course, falls...
Apparently all manner of stress — whether it’s bad morning traffic, or the death of someone you love — can harm your health in deep and profound ways. That’s according to a soon-to-be published study by researchers at...
On 17 September 2014 the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe adopted a historic resolution to implement ‘Investing in children: the European child maltreatment prevention action plan 2015–2020’. Health ministers, or...
A Justice Department investigation that last month uncovered a chamber of horrors at the Rikers Island jail in New York City was bad enough in its depiction of corruption and brutality in the city jail system. Now comes the news that the Department of...
On a May night in 2011, a man was murdered — shot — in a basement just outside Newark, N.J. Cash and marijuana were found at the scene. Given the circumstances, it might be easy to make assumptions about that man. Reality, however,...