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...
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Providing greater access to health insurance led to a decline in deaths, according to a new study of Massachusetts' health care reform law. Massachusetts passed comprehensive health care reform in 2006, providing a model for the Affordable Care Act --...
After studying the relationship between body mass index at the age of 25 and obesity later in life, researchers have found that people who are obese by 25 have a much higher risk of more severe obesity after the age of 35. The researchers, who used...
A study by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Duke University in Durham, NC, finds an association between weekly consumption of sports and energy drinks and higher consumption of other sugary drinks, cigarette smoking and use of screen...
In the teenage parties of my youth, there was always a room left in darkness, furnished with armchairs and couches, where couples could retire from the melee to "pash on" in privacy. By midnight, adolescent hormones being what they are, there was...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Approximately 40 percent of homeless young adults in the U.S. identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a study from The Williams Institute at UCLA Law. And although LGBT youth make up a...
Photo credit: bottled_void, Flickr Scientists have shown that anger, anxiety, and depression not only affect the functioning of the heart, but also increase the risk for heart disease. Stroke and heart attacks are the end products of progressive...
Photo credit: Sergio Morchon, Flickr One third of women around the world have experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of their intimate partners with consequences from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression, to...
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Photo credit: Catholic Church England and Wales, Flickr The Vatican commission advising Pope Francis on sexual abuse policy will develop “clear and effective protocols” to protect children from pedophile priests, including procedures...
Princeton University. Photo credit: Kah-Wai Lin, Flickr . An uneasy question is hanging over Princeton University's verdant New Jersey campus as the semester draws to a close: Is the school within its rights to force suicidal students to...
Family-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is beneficial to young children between the ages of five and eight with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The study found developmentally sensitive family-based CBT that included exposure/response...