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Many people know the proper steps to take when someone has trouble breathing, suffers a serious fall or goes unconscious because they’ve taken a first aid class, but fewer are aware of the proper protocol when a friend admits to having suicidal thoughts or a stranger in a grocery store

Richard Yep, executive director of the American Counseling Association, was recently appointed as a member of the digitalNow Advisory Group. The group is responsible for selecting topics and presenters for the annual digitalNow Conference, which addresses the critical issues facing association leaders in the digital age, including branding, personalization, developing an

Results of a study led by University of Warwick researchers revealed that people report better mental quality of life even as they age and their physical quality of life decreases. The researchers analyzed lifestyle and health patterns in more than 10,000 individuals living in the United States and the United

The daily grind of life can wear our patience levels thin and bring up occasional feelings of annoyance. However, most people don’t act on this frustration in an aggressive way — and a new review article in Current Directions in Psychological Science finds that the reason for this is self-control.

A study involving lab rats could not only help explain how chronic stress impairs one’s cognitive functions, but the researchers who conducted the study believe their findings could also shed light on how adolescent stress can lead to mental illness in adulthood. The newly published study outlines a method through which stress

Cherie Townsend, executive director of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, informed state officials this week that more than half of the individuals in the state’s youth prisons have a moderate or high need for mental health care. Taking into account those individuals who have “at least some kind of mental health

Bullying has become a growing problem in schools, especially for students in the gay community. But a settlement reached in a discrimination lawsuit brought by six teenagers against the Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota offers some hope. Federal officials say the settlement should serve as a “blueprint” for other schools when dealing with

The question of what lures a person toward drug addiction and abuse is difficult to answer. However, University of Pennsylvania researchers have confirmed that a mixture of both genetic and environmental forces play a role. According to the researchers, their study, which involved adopted children and their families, confirms “drug

According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis increased an average of 5.5 percent per year from 2003 to 2007. And new research from the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that the youngest students in a class are more likely