Category: Abuse

Childhood adversity launches lifelong relationship and health disadvantage for black men

From the American Sociological Association media release: Greater childhood adversity helps to explain why black men are less healthy than white men, and some of this effect appears to operate… Read more »

Carsey Institute: Students with a disability more likely to be restrained, secluded in school

From the University of New Hampshire media release: The restraint and seclusion of students in U.S. public schools in response to student behavior problems are used much more frequently on… Read more »

Hypersensitivity to pain produced by early life stress worsened by later stress exposure

From the Elsevier media release: Childhood neglect and abuse, whether physical or psychological, confers a lifetime vulnerability to stress, anxiety, and mood problems. Such early-life stress is also suspected to… Read more »