Perceived age and weight discrimination, more than perceived race and sex discrimination, are linked to worse health in older adults, according to new research from the Florida State University College of Medicine. The findings are part of a study...
Photo Source: Atlanta Black Star How a person defines their own socioeconomic standing (SES) within their community can help predict their risk of cardiovascular disease, but only among Whites, not Blacks, finds a recent study in Ethnicity...
It is the legislative season in Illinois and around the country, and that means advocates spend lots of time trying to improve the juvenile justice system and trying to defeat bills that would hinder progress. These debates in state capitols take...
The United States is facing a child mental health crisis, and Montana is no exception. Untreated or undertreated child and adolescent emotional-behavioral problems often lead to psychiatric disorders in adults, representing a significant public health...
Psychosocial and economic support can be mutually enabling in working with highly vulnerable populations — but only if development practitioners start from a position of seeking information rather than defining a situation. Livelihood work with...
Researchers for the first time have found a direct link between use of the drug ice and violence, with a six-fold increase in violent behaviour when chronic users take the drug. Lead researcher Dr Rebecca McKetin and colleagues tracked 278 chronic...
Everyone knows someone with a quick temper – it might even be you. And while scientists have known for decades that aggression is hereditary, there is another biological layer to those angry flare-ups: self-control. In a paper published earlier...
Drug abuse, acts of rampage – what's really the matter with kids today? While there are many places to lay blame – family, attitude, peers, school, community – a new study shows that those risks vary in intensity from kid to kid and...
Photo Source: ZME Science About a decade after the Food and Drug Administration first warned that antidepressant medications increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, new research has found that kids and young adults...
Federal restrictions on including prisoners in medical research have negatively impacted research involving black men, who are disproportionately imprisoned, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. Because individuals who are...
What is an Innovation Lab? An innovation lab is collaborative process to find, test, and spread solutions to social challenges. What need is the Trauma-Informed Approaches Innovation Lab seeking to meet? The purpose of this...
Caitlin is the Quality Assurance Program Manager for the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation (MIECHV) program with the Iowa Department of Public Health 1) When did you learn about ACEs, and how did that change your work (or...
One of the challenges of identifying and treating children with mental health conditions is figuring out what symptoms are related to the condition. This is especially true with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. In a recent study,...
We all know bullying is wrong, but is it a crime? The city of Carson is considering a proposal that could make it one. Bullying comes in all shapes and sizes, from the big kid punching the smaller kid, to the less typical, like a school bus driver...
Pennsylvania lawmakers are sending the governor a bill designed to improve reporting by school employees of suspected child abuse. The House voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of the measure that the prime sponsor said puts school workers under the...