Published: February 20, 2008
Middle-aged women who suffered physical or sexual abuse as children spend up to one-third more than average in health-care costs, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women.Even decades after the abuse ended, these women used health services at significantly higher rates than did non-abused women, the research found.
What’s remarkable is that women with an average age in their late 40s still suffer consequences from abuse that occurred decades ago,” said Amy Bonomi, associate professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University, who led the study at Group Health in Seattle.
“No other study has found that before.” [continue reading…]
Published: February 20, 2008
How does a child learn to speak? How is a tiny arm-waving package transformed in a few years into a seasoned conversationalist who knows how to change register and put itself in its friend’s shoes?
In the beginning is the cry: a keening, ear-splitting wail of alarm that sometimes develops into a rasping growl howl. The mother responds to the alarm, just as she is supposed to. Parents caring for their firstborn discover their inner Bruce Willis, rushing to the rescue, easier than anyone would ever have believed, because if the crying doesn’t stop, the world will come to an end. It takes years before the cry of a baby, any baby, stops catapulting them into alert mode. [continue reading…]
Published: February 19, 2008
Binge drinking, mental health issues, adolescent suicide: how can we solve the problems that beset so many children? The answer may lie with the new science of positive psychology
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The Times
by Julie Evans
February 18, 2008
Published: February 19, 2008
A sense of hopefulness does not improve as quickly as other symptoms, University of Michigan Health System researchers find
People taking medication for depression typically see a lot of improvements in their symptoms during the first few months, but lagging behind other areas is a sense of hopefulness, according to new research from the
University of Michigan Health System.
That means people with depression may still feel a sense of hopelessness even while their condition is improving, which could lead them to stop taking the medication. [continue reading…]
