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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids Heal

May 25th, 2012
 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids HealA new study had found a widely used psychological intervention dramatically reduces psychological distress experienced by child victims of war and sexual ...

Women with Violent Pasts More Likely to Have Risky Sex

May 9th, 2012
Women with Violent Pasts More Likely to Have Risky SexWomen who have experienced several forms of violence, from witnessing neighborhood crimes to being abused themselves, are more ...

Using Music to Heal Shattered Souls

April 26th, 2012
Using Music to Heal Shattered SoulsA new paper on music therapy suggests music can serve as a tool to allow issues to be explored on a granular level ...

Are Women More Apt to Report Abuse Via Technology?

April 23rd, 2012
Are Women More Apt to Report Abuse Via Technology?A new government study will investigate if pregnant women are more likely to admit to a computer, rather than ...

Brain Activity Associated with Mitigating Criminal Sentences

April 12th, 2012
Brain Activity Associated with Mitigating Criminal SentencesWhen jurors sentencing convicted criminals are instructed to weigh not only facts but also tricky emotional factors, they rely on parts of the ...

History of Partner Violence Hinders Parenting as Team

March 5th, 2012
History of Partner Violence Hinders Parenting as Team A new report discovers partner violence during pregnancy portends problems when team parenting — and in this study, mothers were found to be more ...

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, ...

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 ...

Imaging Study Shows How Family Violence Changes Brain Activity

December 6th, 2011
Imaging Study Shows How Family Violence Changes Brain ActivityFamily violence appears to increase a child’s sensitivity to detect potential additional threats, as researchers found brain changes are ...

Study Suggests Some Kinds of Prejudice May Be Personality Trait

November 9th, 2011
Study Suggests Some Kinds of Prejudice May Be Personality Trait A new research study suggests prejudice based on generalized beliefs about certain social groups could be a personality trait. Researchers from the University ...
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