New research shows that, contrary to what was previously assumed, suppressing unwanted memories reduces their influence on behaviour, and sheds light on how this process happens in the brain. The study, published online in PNAS , challenges the idea...
Stress, this enemy that haunts us every day, could be undermining not only our health but also our relationships with other people, especially if we are men. In fact, stressed women apparently become more "prosocial". These are the main findings of a...
For Cafcass practitioners, who work with over 145,000 children each year, children's mental health is a factor in many of the cases they deal with in the family courts, either as an element in proceedings or as a by-product of parental acrimony. One...
The CSG Justice Center recently released five briefs prepared by the National Conference of State Legislatures related to school safety, climate, and discipline-related issues as part of the School Discipline Consensus Project . These briefs...
For six years, the main thing Penney Cowan heard about dealing with her pain — some days she couldn’t hold a coffee cup — was that she’d have to learn to live with it. Many people said it to her, including doctors, but nobody...
Youths in Illinois' troubled juvenile prisons would receive enhanced access to education, mental health services and other improvements under a proposal that awaits a judge's approval. Eighteen months after suing the state's Department of Juvenile...
The Obama administration has a message for juvenile detention facilities: all kids—even youth with disabilities held in solitary confinement—are entitled to appropriate public education. That was the assertion made in mid-February by the...
With dry bureaucratic precision, the daily incident reports from Rikers Island chronicle a surge of violence and disorder churning within the vast New York City jail complex. Since New Year’s Eve, according to the internal reports, at least 12...
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Sometimes we don't notice when hist ory is being made. We ride a wave of logical progression and don't even notice when it peaks - that snapshot moment when we are lifted, arms outstretched, into the waiting air and remain suspended for one glorious...
Harrison and Jackson counties lead the state in the number of reported child abuse cases in 2013, according to numbers from the state Department of Human Services. Harrison County reported 742, with Jackson County second at 551. Both ranked ahead of...
Home treatment for schizophrenics overseen by local health workers is more effective than institutionalization, a recent large study in India has found. The study — a clinical trial involving 282 patients at three sites in India — found...
Tallahassee, FL - More than 300 people from various local organizations attended the third annual "Instilling Hope through Trauma-Informed Care" Conference. The one-day seminar held Friday at TCC taught professionals and community members how to deal...
T he same hands that parents use to lovingly feed, clothe and bathe their babies are also commonly used to spank their bundles of joy. A new University of Michigan study found that 30 percent of 1-year-old children were spanked at least once in...
WHERE POETRY LIVES : The Pongo Teen Writing Project has been working with troubled teens in detention centers, mental health facilities and homeless centers for nearly two decades, taking their stories and turning them into poetry. In our...