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Probation Officers Often Distort Risk Assessment for Mentally Ill Offenders
Probation officers assume a large level of responsibility for the offenders in their care and the community at large. They are responsible for monitoring criminal offenders and assessing ... Read More
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Attachment Style Influences Adult Conflict Resolution
Healthy conflict resolution is essential to maintaining positive and constructive adult relationships. Individuals usually learn how to handle conflict in childhood. Children watch the ... Read More
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Abilify and Major Depression
Despite decades of research and several new classes of antidepressant medications, successful treatment of depression is still an elusive goal. In particular, people with major depressive ... Read More
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There Is No Racial Inequality in How We Learn Prejudice
Racism and prejudice are issues that are at the forefront of social concern today. Ethnic differences are causing riots, uprisings, and loss of life in nations throughout the world, including ... Read More
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Childhood Emotional Abuse Can Damage Future Intimate Relationships
Childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) can have lingering effects. Adults who suffered mistreatment as children often struggle emotionally and socially throughout their lives as a result ... Read More
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Understanding Anxiety: A Shock and Startle Test with Xanax and Lyrica
Making a diagnosis of generalized anxiety is sometime a tricky proposition. Anxiety has many manifestations as well as many underlying causes. Anxiety may be chronic and always at the edge ... Read More
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Helping Adult Children with Parental Alienation Syndrome
When parents use children as pawns in their divorce, the psychological consequences can be devastating. Parental alienation (PA) is the act of deliberately alienating a child from a targeted ... Read More
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Childhood Abuse and Emotional Underregulation in Adulthood
People who have suffered childhood trauma are at increased risk for psychological problems resulting from extreme stress. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one such condition that ... Read More
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Paxil: How Effective Is It for Major Depression in Adults?
Major depression continues to be one of the most common and debilitating chronic mood problems afflicting adults. According to the Mayo Clinic, there is no quick fix for those who have ... Read More
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Does Culture Determine Communication Style and Relationship Satisfaction?
Married couples communicate in a myriad of ways throughout the world. Different countries have cultural norms that people conform to, and these norms directly influence how individuals ... Read More
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BRIDGE Bridges the Gap Between Students and Success in Urban Schools
Children who are enrolled in public schools in low-income communities are at a disadvantage both academically and psychologically. These children experience elevated rates of mental health ... Read More
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Treating PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder in Military Veterans
For combat veterans, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an all too common psychiatric condition. The symptoms of PTSD include high anxiety, a heightened state of arousal, aggression, ... Read More
