The Child Trauma Response Team, an innovative police and community-based organization partnership, demonstrated success at screening and treating children for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) immediately following incidents ...
Jul 8, 2020
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As the U.S. mourns the tragic number of lives lost due to the mindless COVID-19 virus it has also dramatically revealed how greatly institutionalized inequality and structural racism—social, economic and systemic—shapes ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Pregnant women involved in the criminal justice system are disproportionately not receiving medications for opioid use disorder, as compared to their peers, according to a Vanderbilt-led study published today in PLOS Medicine.
May 19, 2020
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One of the haunting images of this pandemic will be stationary cruise ships—deadly carriers of COVID-19—at anchor in harbours and unwanted. Docked in ports and feared.
May 11, 2020
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An innovative statewide alcohol-monitoring program that requires drunk drivers to be tested frequently for alcohol use significantly lowers the likelihood that participants will be rearrested or have probation revoked, according ...
May 6, 2020
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Across Canada, the coronavirus pandemic is increasing the demand for already scarce critical care resources. In the coming weeks, there is a very real chance that there won't be enough ventilators and critical care beds for ...
Apr 14, 2020
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An innovative research project that detects brain activity revealing individuals' knowledge of criminal behavior is delivering positive results for a University of Canterbury (UC) led research team.
Jan 16, 2020
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For parents who want their child to have breast milk, but are unable produce it themselves, being able to buy it on the internet might seem like a hopeful solution. Many families might want to feed their infant breast milk ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Preaching sexual abstinence to youth was popular for a number of decades, but research repeatedly found that such educational messages fell short in their intended goals. Simply telling youth not to have sex failed to delay ...
Jan 15, 2020
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At least a half-dozen companies that make or distribute prescription opioid painkillers are facing a federal criminal investigation over whether they violated federal law as they shipped more drugs amid the growing nationwide ...
Nov 27, 2019
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