I'm going to tell you something that is hard to believe. Psychologists can predict what kind of parents we'll be by how we talk about childhood. Attachment between parent and child refers to the pattern of communication and quality of relationship in...
To mark the first official Children and Youth in Care Day in Ontario on May 14 , the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS), YouthCAN and Children's Aid Societies across the province are celebrating the...
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, or DMDD, during childhood was associated with long-term impaired functioning that was often worse than other psychiatric disorders, according to data from a population-based study. Symptoms of DMDD were assessed...
The Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco, led by pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris, is looking to immediately fill the position of director of clinical programs. In this position, the director: ...leads the clinical team to provide...
More than a half million Americans with serious mental illness are falling through the cracks of a system in tatters, a USA Today special report shows. The mentally ill who have nowhere to go and find little sympathy from those around them...
Opinion By TODD GARRISON Sure, you can sit at a poker table and get pretty excited if you’re holding four aces. You’d probably bet a lot of money on what you think is a winning hand. If you did win, you’d be telling...
Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush, the didactic-meets-dynastic duo, spoke last week at a Manhattan Institute gathering, providing a Mayberry-like prescription for combating poverty in this country: all it takes is more friendship and traditional marriage. Ryan...
Opinion by Steve Leifman The recent decision by leaders in the state Legislature to back away from a bill that would have jeopardized Florida’s system of community-based crisis stabilization units (CSUs) in favor of a more-thoughtful analysis of...
Only a quarter of children with mental health conditions are receiving the treatment they need, according to a study produced by the body charged with improving the health service in England. An internal presentation, produced by NHS England and...
Daniel Beaty Promotes Both Artistry and Social Good LOS ANGELES — On a recent sweltering day, the actor and writer Daniel Beaty spent six hours at a high school near Watts, showing the students how their pain could turn into poetry. A few hours...
The Islamist group Boko Haram, which kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, has issued a video demanding the release of imprisoned militants . The group say the girls will be held until the prisoners are freed. About 100 of the girls are...
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Naval Health Research Center have found that mindfulness training -- a combination of meditation and body awareness exercises -- can help U.S. Marine Corps personnel...
Study highlights need for consistent bedtime, experts say Young children who get too little sleep are more likely than others to be obese by age 7, according to a new study. Previous research has suggested insufficient sleep before age 4 raised the...
Spring means budget season for local governments across the United States, and Steve Novick, a city commissioner in Portland, Oregon, has a proposal he thinks could save his city a nice chunk of change: slashing funding for the Portland Police...
Q. What personal or professional moment or event in your life inspired you to work on ACEs? A. When I was four-and-a-half years old, I saw my father murder my grandmother. My father was quite a demanding man -- he felt as if everyone owed him. But he...