"Results show that disturbed sleep was significantly associated with depressed mood and greater uncertainty about future success. Higher levels of perceived support from parents and from teachers were associated with significantly fewer sleep...
"A group of nearly 600 mental health professionals engaged with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama during a panel discussion that culminated a special conference about resilience organized by the Tulane School of Social Work on Friday (May 17) during...
"In recent years, some studies have linked major, long-term depression with life-threatening chronic disease and with earlier death, even after lifestyle risk factors have been taken into account.... "Telomerase is an enzyme that lengthens protective...
"Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say "yes" when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE...."...
"University of Michigan researcher Rachael Pierotti took a closer look at the global attitudes about domestic violence. What she's discovered seems to point to a major shift in the way people around the world think of domestic violence...."...
'Emotional paramedics' there in times of trauma - Illinois "The help given to his spouse and surviving children by volunteers with the Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) helped the family function again and provided them information to navigate a...
In 1854, London physician John Snow traced a cholera epidemic to a tainted water pump and launched a revolution in the understanding of health and illness. A hundred and sixty years later, a similar revolution is under way, a ground-shift in the way...
"CHILD protection legislation will be changed to offer more support to parents in a bid to reduce the number of cases that end up in court. "The state government will adopt all the recommendations of an...
"Our fundamental question was, 'Can compassion be trained and learned in adults? Can we become more caring if we practice that mindset?'" says Helen Weng, lead author of the study and a graduate student in clinical psychology. "Our evidence points to...
"Research has established a strong connection between abuse towards animals, and abuse towards people. When a person abuses an animal there is a risk that they may also be abusive towards other people in their lives. Children who experience abuse...
Abstract This paper intends to gain insight into the role of childhood relationships and experiences within the parental home for the formation and meaning of later family relationships and loneliness. Particularly, childhood attachment to mother and...
"I have seen, however, some on juries lose that compassionate response if the victims are teens -- their innocence somehow doubted, especially if their behavior or appearance is in any way suggestive of "troubled youth." And compassion is almost...
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, PhD , was recently interviewed in an article, “Conversations about Historical Trauma, Part One,” in the Spotlight on Culture section of the Impact Newsletter from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network...
"... The measure was approved by voice vote. "The CTVPA will place child welfare professionals at Customs and Border Patrol stations to provide basic humanitarian assistance to unaccompanied children in federal custody. These trained...
"Reviewers from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently concluded that some form of early intervention by a trained professional may turn out to be important in the short-term and prevent some serious mental health problems....