From the IOS Press press release via MedicalXpress: In the last ten years, a new understanding of pediatric brain injury and recovery has emerged. Professionals now understand that recovery may be a lifelong process for…
From the University of Miami press release via EurekAlert!: Emotional problems in childhood are common. Approximately 8 to 22 percent of children suffer from anxiety, often combined with other conditions such as depression. However, most…
From the Iowa State University press release via HealthCanal: The April suicide of 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. — a South O’Brien High School (Paulina, Iowa) student who was reportedly teased and bullied by classmates —…
From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: Girls with poor self-control become as physically aggressive as the average boy when they’re bullied, suggests a new study by psychologists at the University of Illinois.…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Children who are exposed to community violence continue to exhibit a physical stress response up to a year after the exposure, suggesting that exposure to violence…
From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Foster kids who receive mentoring and training in skills such as anger management, healthy communication, and problem solving are less likely to move foster homes…
From the Baylor University press release: Methamphetamine abuse leads to an increase in child abuse and neglect, which causes an increase in foster care admissions, according to a study from Baylor University. The study, published…
From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: Behavioral problems in preschoolers may mirror the intensity and frequency of their parents’ marital conflict and signal possible child maltreatment, suggests a new study co-written by…
From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln press release by Steve Smith via HealthCanal: Students receiving special-education services for behavioral disorders and those with more obvious disabilities are more likely to be bullied than their general-education counterparts…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Media violence does have an effect on children’s behaviour and a concerted public health response involving parents, professionals, the media and policymakers is needed to…