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  Solitary confinement compounds illness, makes it worse, experts say.   Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney is well aware this is not an appropriate place for people in mental crisis. That is why he is asking county officials to explore...

When Platts-Mills and his co-authors asked the seniors who were diagnosed with malnutrition through a screening process why they weren't getting enough to eat, they cited a variety of reasons — depression, dental problems, other difficulties in...

  THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- When large numbers of workers lose their jobs, suicide attempts increase among certain groups of teens, a new study finds.   Researchers analyzed the results of a survey of more than 403,000...

Newly published research from Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (Routledge) has determined that verbal mistreatment is a highly prevalent concern among older adults in primary care clinics because of its relation to negative mental health outcomes including poor social functioning and major depression. Verbal Mistreatment of the Elderly, conducted by a research team from Northeastern University, is now available online with Free Access. [For more of this story go to...

Rather than tell young people what's best for them, Born This Way Foundation and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln partnered with the National Council for Behavioral Health and the National Association of School Psychologists to survey 2,645 young...

Late last month, a bipartisan group of senators, following on the heels of a White House task force recommendation, proposed a bill that would require colleges and universities to conduct anonymous surveys of their students' experience with sexual...

While a growing body of research has demonstrated that punishing young people in the adult criminal justice system is not an effective deterrent, results in higher rates of recidivism and undermines opportunities for young offenders to mature and...

Obamacare made huge strides in extending health coverage to millions of uninsured people in its first year. Keeping up that momentum could be challenging. An estimated 54 million Americans are still uninsured. But many of those who haven't yet been...

"It's been about finding yourself, bettering yourself and healing," she said and added that the next goal is to get her high school diploma. WRAP is designed to help women while they are in jail and after they are released to deal with the trauma in...

From 1960s “urban renewal” to 1980s crack dens and, most recently, the demolition of much of Detroit after it lost two-thirds of its residents, the scope of inner-city American poverty is clear. But we do not yet fully grasp the challenges...

Brenda Greenhoe finds kids living in tents. She’s found them sleeping in ball field dugouts. Last summer, she found a young couple living in an abandoned garage. That’s her job. Greenhoe is in charge of finding and helping homeless...

    Exposure to domestic violence can have lasting effects on children and teens. Not all young people are affected in the same way, and in fact many children are resilient, able to heal and go on to thrive. Various risk and  protective...