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How to Talk with Kids About School Shootings

March 1st, 2012
Mental Health America: How to Talk with Kids About Recent School ShootingsMental Health America offers the following suggestions for teachers and parents as ...

Parental Training Plus Meds Most Effective for Autism

February 27th, 2012
Parental Training Helps Children with AutismRaising a child with autism can be a both a joy and a challenge for parents. For some of these kids, serious behavioral problems may ...

Digging Into Biological, Environmental Roots of Antisocial Behavior

February 22nd, 2012
Genetic and Environmental Roots for Antisocial BehaviorA new area of study incorporates a multi-disciplinary view of biosocial factors that can influence criminal and anti-social actions. Criminiologist Dr. Brian Boutwell, ...

Gender Nonconformity Ups Risk of Kids’ Abuse

February 21st, 2012
Gender Nonconformity Ups Risk of Kids AbuseA new study finds that discrimination against gender nonconformity can begin at a very young age, raising the risk of psychological trauma ...

Sleep Problems May Play Role in Dissociation

February 15th, 2012
Sleep Problems May Play Role in Dissociation A provocative new paper suggest sleep problems can increase the risk for dissociative or identity disorders. Dissociative symptoms and dissociative identity disorder were formerly known as ...

Online Role Playing Can Damage Marriage

February 15th, 2012
Online Role Playing Can Damage MarriageResearchers studying online games believe they have found evidence that role playing games can affect real-life marital satisfaction. Brigham Young University investigators discovered that 75 percent of spouses ...

Complex Origin of Antisocial Personality Disorder

February 8th, 2012
Complex Origin of Antisocial Personality Disorder Making a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder is a difficult endeavor as clinicians cannot rely on a lab test to help with the decision. A new study suggests that ...

SWPBIS School Program Reduces Bullying

February 7th, 2012
SWPBIS School Program Reduces BullyingA behavioral school program designed by psychologists appears to reduce bullying in schools where it's been implemented, according to a new study. The program is called the School-wide Positive ...

Mentors Help Women Recover from Abuse

February 2nd, 2012
Mentors Help Women Recover from AbuseMentoring has been found to improve the health and well-being of young women who were victimized in their youth. Canadian investigators determined female college students who ...

Study Examines Genetic Risk for Criminal Behavior

January 26th, 2012
Genetic Risk for Criminal BehaviorA provocative new paper suggests your genetic background may steer you toward a life of crime. University of Texas at Dallas criminologist Dr. J.C. Barnes and two ...
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