"A Simon Fraser University-led study of more than 31,000 B.C. offenders has found that offenders with mental disorders are not as strongly associated with repeating crime as may be commonly thought. Meanwhile the odds of recidivism are significantly...
"The team found that an alarming number of students, almost one in three admitted to being bullied at school . They also found that parental involvement in monitoring internet activity is low among this group with about a third of middle school and...
Abstract: This brief begins by noting that in fiscal year (FY) 2012, the federal Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) disbursed $46.6 million to States, Tribes, Territories, and local entities and granted Title IV-E child welfare...
Abstract This article explains the New Hampshire Division for Children Youth and Families (DCYF) has utilized grants to work with the Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center to train staff and provide tools to child welfare and juvenile justice...
"Understanding what helps justice-involved American Indian youth reduce or end their involvement in the tribal juvenile justice system and make positive changes is important for developing effective support programs. In “ Stories of Change Among...
"On the one hand, the American Psychiatric Association has introduced the fifth iteration of the psychiatric diagnostic manual, DSM-V.... On the other hand, in new and profound ways, neuroscience and genetics research in psychiatry are yielding...
"Historical trauma differs from other types of trauma in that the traumatic event is shared by a collective group of people who experience the consequences of the event, as well as the fact that the impact of the trauma is held personally...
Here's an article from The American Prospect on the relationship between poverty and life expectancy. I was struck by the fact that over the past eighteen years, life expectancy for poor white women has actually decreased by some...
"Keynote speaker Dr. Robert Block, Immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, echoed White’s statements and stressed the need for changing the designation “mental illness” to “brain illness” to help...
"Many American parents yell or shout at their teenagers. A new longitudinal study has found that using such harsh verbal discipline in early adolescence can be harmful to teens later. Instead of minimizing teens' problematic behavior, harsh verbal...
"Children in afterschool programs who have a sense of connectedness with their peers are less likely to report emotional problems, according to Penn State researchers. Children exhibited fewer behavior problems if they perceived their peers were...
"Traumatic childhood experiences are linked to an increased risk of early death, according to new research using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study. "The research, led by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research...
"City officials say they have seen a “dramatic” increase in recent years in the number of parents seeking child support who also report domestic violence incidents. "So District Attorney George Gascón wants to make sure that...
"The effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse last a lifetime. Abused children grow up to be adults who are prone to depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders.... "We as a society must pursue every means to end this...