They flew home from Iraq together on a spring day in 2010 on a C-17 cargo plane, the dog in a metal kennel on the floor at the soldier’s feet. When they reached the United States, the soldier went home to his farm in Fountain, Colo., and...
Dana Liebelson’s recent interview demonstrates what the state of Michigan went through to stop her reporting on the v iolent treatment of youth in the state’s juvenile prisons is just one more example of a punishment...
Celebrate And Bring Awareness To Your Community The US House of Representatives proclaimed July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in 2008, aiming to improve access to mental health treatment and...
When it comes to premature death and disease, what we eat ranks as the single most important factor, according to a study in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Yet few doctors say they feel properly trained to...
If you run into an old friend at the train station, your brain will probably form a memory of the experience. And that memory will forever link the person you saw with the place where you saw him. For the first time, researchers have been able...
Powerful antipsychotic medications are being used to treat children and teenagers with ADHD, aggression and behavior problems, a study finds, even though safer treatments are available and should be used first. "There's been concern that these...
I met the most amazing woman this morning at the food co-op. She was sitting by herself, enjoying her breakfast, so I sat with her and asked her if she had any plans for the summer. “I don’t really know…I’m floating right...
PA BUDGET VETOED! Another chance at 11th hour. Help bring a national spotlight to create awareness and get action on childhood trauma. Yes, we still have a chance -- amazing ! -- to have the General Assembly explicitly acknowledge the impact of...
Despite increased scrutiny of the abusive conditions in state-funded juvenile corrections institutions, incarcerated youth continue to be subjected to systemic maltreatment, a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds. The...
A specific type of talk therapy dispensed in the developing world to orphans and other vulnerable children who experienced trauma such as sexual and domestic abuse showed dramatic results, despite being administered by workers with little...
Women who have been through a traumatic event or developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face an increased risk of heart attack or stroke, a new large study suggests. For women with severe PTSD, the study found a 60 percent higher risk...
A combination of life experiences led Steven Eickelberg to become a physician and an addiction psychiatrist. He knew he wanted to be a doctor by the time he reached junior high, he says: He enjoyed science, his mother was a nurse, and a family...
The homeless high school dropout now in juvenile detention started out as someone’s baby. That truth, obvious though it may be, has become a virtual mantra to leaders in Washington State these days. And for good reason. The combined costs...
In facilitating the business of healthcare, I see many good things happening. The Oregon CCO experiment is on the right path. Electronic Health Records now provide critical infrastructure and we are starting to see new payment models. Universal...
Barely a year after the death of Amy Winehouse , the hard-living retro soul star turned tabloid obsession who died in 2011 after a public fight with addiction, the singer’s family and record label decided it was time to make a...