All posts tagged "Mental Health"

Supporting and Caring for Our Gender-Expansive Youth

The Special Challenges of LGBTQ Youth in Rural America

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Being in the minority is tough in any locale, but LGBTQ youth in rural America face challenges their...

Ensuring Access to Mentoring Programs for LGBTQ Youth

Local, National Groups Giving Parents Tools to Help Children with Addictions

CUMMING, Ga. — More than three years ago, Sherry Ajluni got a call no mother would ever want to receive. Her 21-year-old...

The State of America’s Children – 2014

A longitudinal twin study of physical aggression during early childhood: evidence for a developmentally dynamic genome

‘Trauma-Informed Care’ is More Than a Mantra

For the past several years, researchers and practitioners around the country have been promoting “trauma-informed” projects and policies. The emergence of the...

Sorry, Prison Rape Jokes About Justin Bieber Aren’t Funny

I don’t think rape is funny, and I don’t find jokes about rape entertaining. A lot of people might feel the same...

House Passes Farm Bill Cutting SNAP $8.6 Billion Over 10 Years

  The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a new farm bill, which includes cuts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), often referred...

Pretending to ‘Care About Kids’ But Really Caring About Pot

“Our children” are routinely trotted out (sometimes with sincerity) as public relations tools to sell various agendas politicians and interest groups push....

Hospitalizations Due to Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents

The Mentoring Effect: Young People’s Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring

Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

A Grieving Mother’s Quest to End Bullying

  Following her teen son’s suicide, Tina Long leads a charge to change how schools respond to bullying incidents. Photo courtesy Tina...

Low-Income Families and the Cost of Child Care: State Child Care Subsidies, Out-of-Pocket Expenses and the Cliff Effect

In This Together: The Hidden Cost of Young Adult Unemployment

Why Teens Commit Suicide: And What Can Be Done to Prevent It?

By the time Cheryl Sharp was 18 years old, she had attempted to end her own life on three separate occasions. Her...

What to do if you think a child is considering suicide

Dr. Matthew Wintersteen, director of research at the Thomas Jefferson University Medical College’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, spent five years...