A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that women on parole are nearly twice as likely to experience mental illness when compared with other women. The study revealed that 49.4 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 49 who had been on probation and 54.2
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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Education have teamed up to help stop bullying in schools and communities, They unveiled today what they are calling a “revitalized” Stop Bullying website, stopbullying.gov, which will aim to encourage children, parents and educators in communities across America to take
New numbers from the Department of Veterans Affairs reveal a lack of mental health specialists in hospitals for veterans, with the data showing 20 percent vacancy rates in many of the VA hospitals across the country. As USA Today reports, the VA’s data shows that this shortfall of mental health
With Facebook making it easier for its roughly 845 million users to connect and share pictures and videos with each other, the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt found that a lot of these behaviors are perpetuating the way our society feels about body image and potentially prompting a new
Researchers from the University of Bordeaux, France, found that American teens start experimenting with drugs and alcohol at a much younger and more vulnerable age than previously thought. The study examined the prevalence, age at onset and sociodemographic factors that relate to alcohol and illicit drug use and abuse by American
Experts hope that a new Medicare benefit covering depression screenings will help reduce depression in older Americans. As The Washington Post reports, in October, Medicare began covering annual depression screenings in primary-care settings with no cost sharing for beneficiaries. Experts believe that paying doctors to screen for depression could increase
The transition from a soldier in combat to a veteran at home is a difficult one, and the founders of VeteranCentral hope their website will not only connect veterans from across the country, but also help them find job opportunities and combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Along with the mental
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 88 children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), making it more common than ever before. This rise, according to information released by the CDC, marks a 23-percent increase since the previous report in 2009 — and a
The documentary “Bully” opens in select theaters across the country this weekend, with the aim of shedding light on just how real the bullying situation is in our nation today. The film’s website starkly notes that more than 13 million American kids will be bullied this year and that 3
Social media sites have the ability to empower us, to make us feel depressed and also to perpetuate eating disorders among users. “Pro-ana” (pro-anorexia) or “pro-mia” (pro-bulimia) blogs on websites such as Tumblr and Pinterest are popular ways for people suffering from these eating disorders to band together and make these