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Dr. Jessica Dere explains how culture makes a difference when thinking about mental health and mental illness. Across mental health research, clinical care and teaching, there are profound rewards to be had by truly understanding individuals in context.
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Science tells us that the foundations of sound mental health are built early in life. Early experiences—including children’s relationships with parents, caregivers, relatives, teachers, and peers—interact with genes to shape the architecture of the developing brain.
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In this class, psychoanalyst and author Erica Komisar discusses the science behind raising resilient adolescents, an age group that is facing more mental distress than ever. Ms.
In November 2015, the Young Men in the Imperial Falls ward decided to change some lives for the better. They surprised more than 30 girls and told them how fantastic they all were!
From sudden changes like Zoom lessons to social isolation, the pandemic has hit children in ways we may not yet be able to quantify. It’s an issue psychologist Rebecca Kennedy is putting front and center in her work.
If your child turns away everything that you serve on the plate, he may be a picky eater. It's certainly worrying when your little one creates a fuss about food regularly. But don’t worry; a loss of appetite in toddlers is a common problem.
For nearly all of human history, communication and social interaction involved face-to-face contact. Now, screen-based digital devices mediate a substantial array of interactions.
Our children are more than the sum of their school grades. Behind every exam result lies a whole person with incalculable, untapped potential and myriad facets and capacities just waiting to be discovered.
This story is about a 10-year old girl who stopped a bully from harassing her with one non-defensive question.
My Kid Is Not Crazy tracks the journey of six children and their families as they become tangled in the nightmare of a medical system heavily influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.