A new study that looks at suicide risk among U.S. teens who are lesbian, gay and bisexual finds they have disproportionately high rates of suicidal thoughts, planning and attempts compared to their heterosexual peers.
Nov 15, 2022
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Out of the more than 25,000 U.S. cases of monkeypox reviewed in a new study, just 0.3% occurred in people under the age of 18, new government data shows.
Nov 4, 2022
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The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA), set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris scandals, has published its final report. Commissioned by then home secretary Theresa May in 2014, the inquiry ...
Nov 3, 2022
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A study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute links psychological trauma in childhood with an increased risk of developing some kind of mental disorder years later.
Nov 3, 2022
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Children in the United States may be exposed to a high rate of adverse experiences that result in post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), which can appear as feelings of stress, fear and helplessness that result from re-experiencing ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Although opioid abuse in the U.S. is trending downward overall, it remains higher among non-heterosexuals than heterosexuals, according to an analysis of national survey data being presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual ...
Oct 22, 2022
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As someone who has been researching, writing and teaching about women's and girls sports for the past 15 years, I wasn't surprised by the recent revelations of sexual and verbal abuse by National Women's Soccer League coaches.
Oct 19, 2022
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Substantial numbers of kids and teens are being tracked, lured and sexually abused online, and adult strangers aren't always the perps.
Oct 18, 2022
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A new paper has been published in the BMJ, providing advice for health workers on identifying signs of reproductive coercion—when a woman becomes pregnant, or has pregnancy forcibly prevented or terminated, against her ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Adversity occurring early in a woman's life will likely continue taking its toll physically and mentally years after those stressors have been removed. A new study suggests that a history of psychosocial stressors (physical ...
Sep 14, 2022
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