Those who have been looking for work for half a year or more are more than three times as likely to be suffering from depression as those with jobs. “Your whole life your job defines who you are,” Yundra Thomas told The New...
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will wrote in The Washington Post on Sunday that being sexually assaulted has become "a coveted status that confers privileges" such that "victims proliferate." His remarks hit...
Thirty years ago, Judy Johnson of Manhattan Beach, Calif., took her 2 1/2-year-old son, Matthew, to the pediatrician, fearing he had been sexually abused by his preschool teacher. By today’s standards, the medical evidence in Matthew’s...
A staggering one in five students in the Philadelphia High School System are involved with either Department of Human Services (DHS) or criminal justice System or both - Philadelphia Inquirer News Article One in five students sitting in a...
Scientific advances in human biology may soon have a profound bearing on the policies that governments and organizations adopt towards young mothers, caregivers and babies in poor and stressed communities. There is an emerging body of scientific...
As many as 20,000 federal prisoners could see their sentences shortened under a new proposal by the Justice Department. The department made its pitch Tuesday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission to make some current prisoners retroactively eligible...
Egypt's Tahrir Square was supposed to be a scene of celebration on Sunday, as Cairo marked the election of a new president. But it wasn't a joyous night for everyone: At least five women were sexually assaulted by mobs in the square,...
As a parent, your child’s health is in your hands – until it isn’t. Before they reach their teens, in some cases, confidentiality laws allow kids to obtain certain types of health care without your knowledge. And privacy protections...
The Mobile County Health Department is featuring five local students in a series of billboards around town as part of a teen pregnancy prevention campaign. The "Think About It" initiative features members of the health department's Youth...
I wanted to share this post from our Resilience Trumps ACEs web site because I am so proud of Annett! Annett first told us what ACEs meant to her after she was invited to a seminar with Dr. Rob Anda in Spring 2008 (here's a three-minute video...
As a child, Diany Levy was called lazy and unfocused. She remembers that teachers called home on a daily basis to tell her parents she was not paying attention in class. Now, at the age of 23, Diany has finally been diagnosed with the cause of her...
Researchers from The University of Nottingham have found that balanced activity in the brain's prefrontal cortex is necessary for attention. The research helps to make sense of attention deficits in people suffering from cognitive disorders—like...
This article provides a comprehensive overview of mental health issues and highlights the recommendations a World Health Organization study (four of fourteen are included here) that says mental health should be approached as a public health...
The Connecticut Women’s Consortium that provides trainings, advocacy and policy related to the impact of the behavioral health system on women produces a quarterly newsletter “Trauma Matters.” The summer issue includes...
ACEsConnection Member Christopher Anderson heads MaleSurvivor, an organization dedicated to helping boys and men overcome experiences of sexual trauma, abuse, and victimization in all forms. Q. What do you do, and what does your organization...