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What Incarcerated Dads Can Learn From the Transformation of Andre Dubus
Authored by: Raymond Levy, Psy.D.…home in which impoverished drug addicts, thieves and thugs would enter at will to urinate in the hallway while his father lived 20 minutes away on a college campus as…
Concerts: A Survival Guide
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…way to San Francisco. Her single mother, a professor at the local college, does not approve of her daughter’s decision, and she blames the music that her daughter listens to…
The Developmental Challenges Of Middle School: It’s Not So Much Who You Are, But Whom You’re With
Authored by: Gil Noam, Ed.D., Ph.D. and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…We worry about our child getting into a good college, and becoming a successful adult who will rise to the top. We also may pressure him or her to be…
The Plight Of Child Homelessness In The United States
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD, Gene Beresin, Executive Director, Mary Coleman, Ph.D. and Laurie Schoen…in 2011. A collaborative effort led by Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Mary Coleman, as well as faculty members Dr. Lisa Fiore and Dr. Jan Wall,…
The Impact Of Divorce: All Children Only Get One Childhood
Authored by: Heidi R. Webb, Ed.M, J.D. and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…— like which parent will pay for which share of college — instead of the impact on the affected children’s emotional and mental well-being. Meanwhile, the emotional support that children…
DSM-5: What Happened to Asperger’s?
Authored by: Ellen Braaten, PhD…would stigmatize him at school never materialized, though they remain apprehensive about how the diagnosis will be perceived once he enters high school and college. Interestingly enough, this change in…
Raising Secure Children In An Insecure World
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director and Paula K. Rauch, M.D.…travel team, and, for some teens, making this month’s tough decisions about college. It is often tempting as a parent to want to smooth over these challenges, alleviate uncertainty and…
Spring Suicide: An (Un)Likely Combination?
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…blooming with equal exuberance. Spring is a time of rebirth and itchy eyes. In other words, it is a time of increased physiological inflammation. According to the American College of…
Jade’s Journey From Homeless Child To Lesley University Student: A Story Of Resilience
Authored by: Lisa B. Fiore, Ph.D., Steven Schlozman, MD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…what is Lesley University’s role with the Child Homelessness Initiative (CHI)? You’re an 18-year-old woman, a college freshman, enrolled in a course called Child Homelessness. One day, it strikes you…
Bad To The Bone: Seven Myths About Juveniles In Jail
Authored by: Robert Kinscherff, Ph.D., J.D., Judith Edersheim, J.D., M.D., Steven Schlozman, MD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…new way to intervene—a way to transform the trajectory from cradle to jail, into from cradle to college. That pathway requires debunking some persistent myths that stand in the way…
Rules For Dating In A Non-Dating World
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD…fascinating paper from the Archives of Sexual Research published in 2009 showed that, among college students at Michigan State, so-called “friends with benefits” (that is, a sexual relationship absent of…
Effects of Economic Hardship on Families
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD…has therefore had to impose on their oldest child, a freshman at a nearby college, to often come home and watch over Julie and her siblings. The holidays, he notes,…
Mental Health Needs Of Teen Moms
Authored by: Ruta Nonacs, M.D. and Steven Schlozman, MD…higher risk for depression both during the pregnancy itself, and at least three months following. In fact, “perinatal depression” refers to exactly this period. The American College of Obstetricians and…
Sexual Consent: Teaching Our Teens About the Gray Areas
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD…Weeds Consider this scene. Two older teens are alone in a dorm room at college. They’ve had a good night together, and they’re considering becoming even more intimate than they…
Why Can’t We Budge The Tide Of Teen Depression?
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD…a lack of effective incentives to change practice patterns among existing clinicians? Is it a dearth of reasons among current college and graduate and medical students to become mental health…
