I have been reading a fascinating and very informative new book called Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference. As the title suggests, the authors studied the impact of compassion on health outcomes in hospitals and other medical settings. They define compassion as “the emotional response to another’s pain or suffering, involving […]
Can Brain Scans Help Predict Mental Illness in Teenagers
From 2007 to 2015 research on emergency room visits due to attempted suicides in teenagers has shown that it has doubled in those 7 years. Those of us who deal with teenagers in schools and clinics have become intensely aware of the increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression in our teenagers. Much of this […]
Caring for the Kin who Care for our Kids
Kinship care is commonly defined as “the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of a child by relatives, members of their Tribe or clan, godparents, stepparents, or other adults who have a family relationship to a child.” The relationship should be respected on the basis of the family’s cultural values and emotional ties. There are many […]
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