[Photo: Stephanie Loos/Reuters] A very poignant post from Tina Traster, who wrote Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother's Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder . The headline doesn't do this essay justice. My hands hover over the computer keyboard. They are trembling. I hold down the shift key and type the words with intention, saying each letter aloud: “R-e-a-c-t-i-v-e A-t-t-a-c-h-m-e-n-t D-i-s-o-r-d-e-r.” The words “reactive...
Angelina Jolie, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, and US Secretary of State John Kerry closed End Sexual Violence in Conflict summit Friday, which brought together representatives from more than 120 countries. The four-day event - the largest...
After years of decline, the number of confirmed cases of the physical abuse of children in Maine has climbed dramatically in recent years – much higher than the national average. Those who work with abused children say they’re not sure why...
Dr. Paul J. Fink, a longtime Clinical Psychiatry News columnist and editorial adviser, and leader in the field of psychiatry, died June 4. He was 80. Dr. Fink, a psychotherapist, psychiatry professor, and speaker, was a fierce advocate for his beloved...
It was a full house at the Robert J. Cabral Agricultural Center on Wednesday as the San Joaquin County Probation Department, in partnership with the Sierra Health Foundation, announced the Positive Youth Justice Initiative . The Positive Youth...
On a Wednesday night, just a few days before Fathers Day, a group of young men gather in a classroom on the fourth floor of Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. There's food — pizza, soda and cookies — and the men stack their paper plates...
In Ohio, county behavioral health authorities (AKA county mental health and recovery boards) conduct the planning, funding and monitoring activities of publicly funded mental health and alcohol/drug services. County mental health and recovery boards...
Photo credit: Namaste, Flickr . Emotional stress is undeniably uncomfortable. But the real danger it poses is the damage it can do to our bodies, causing or exacerbating health problems ranging from headaches to high blood pressure. If we could...
Individuals going through severe psychiatric crisis often have the experience of feeling not heard, and often feel misunderstood. At the same time, family members often don’t get a chance to participate in their loved one’s treatment plan...
Photo credit: Tambako The Jaguar, Flickr Do animals experience the equivalent of childhood adverse experiences, and do they develop mental illness as a result? The story of Brian the Bonobo, along with others featured in a new book, Animal...
Photo credit: Chris Stotts, Flickr Children showing signs of social withdrawal are more susceptible to parental influences than others. These children were also more prone to distress caused by the impacts of guilt-inducing parenting. The...
Photo credit: Tatiana Vdb, Flickr Pregnant women who had symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder were four times more likely to deliver preterm than women without symptoms, researchers found....
The fraternity quad at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., in May. Credit: Armando L. Sanchez for The New York Times . As policymakers and advocates contemplate how to prevent campus sexual assault, attention is turning to the role...
Inside the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. Credit: Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Democrats in the Legislature want the state corrections budget to spend tens of millions of dollars more on mental health...
Photo Credit: Javi.Velazquez, Flickr When trying to tease out the painful effects of the Great Recession, economists often point to the unemployment rate. The global economic crisis, which first took hold in 2007, left thousands jobless and...