Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience suggests that early life stress can have a lasting impact on the brain. Monkeys raised under stressful conditions show enlargement of several brain areas related to the regulation of emotion. Similar differences have been found in the brains of humans exposed to early life [...]
Doctors Brian, Giuseppe and Richard talk about studies recently discussed  on the Family Anatomy website, including: the impact of drinking on brain size, predictors of social withdrawal and rejection in elementary school students, and the test performance of bilingual kids.
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Researchers examined the behavioural difficulties of children in military families whose parents are deployed. The study, which may be the first of its kind, is published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, examined a small number of children between the ages of 1.5 and 5.
At first glance, no differences were noted between children [...]
Parents of 200,000 home-schooled children in California are reeling from the possibility that they may have to send their children back to school. On Feb. 28, Judge H. Walter Croskey of the Second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles ruled that children ages six to 18 may be taught only by credentialed teachers in public or private schools [...]
Doctors Brian, Giuseppe, and Richard talk about addiction and its treatment, along with how to recognize and deal with the drug issue with your teenaged children. Well, mostly, Dr. Richard reads from his addiction encyclopedia.
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Researchers at the University of Maryland investigated the activities of happy and unhappy people in a study published in the December 2008 issue of Social Indicators Research. John Robinson and Steven Martin examined data collected from 45,000 people over more than 35 years as part of the General Social Survey. They found that people who [...]
A study published on November 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that deep brain stimulation may be a viable treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Symptoms of the disorder include intrusive thoughts and rituals that can significantly interfere with daily functioning.
The small trial included only 16 patients, but the study found that 4 [...]
This year, Florida became the 35th state to enact anti-bullying legislation. The law dictates that school districts must submit policies to address bullying by December 1. One board’s proposed policy includes consequences for perpetrators of both real-world and cyber-bullying – repercussions that include counselling for both the perpetrators and the victims. Schools without approved programs [...]
Doctors Brian, Giuseppe, and Richard talk about bilingualism, multilingualism and multiculturalism. How do you help your children learn a second (or third) language? Get practical information and strategies from psychologists whose kids attend school in French, English, and Italian.
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Brain tumours are the second most common type of childhood cancer. Pilocytic astrocytomas affect around 145 children each year in the UK. Lead author Professor Peter Collins, based at the University of Cambridge, said: “This is the first time a specific genetic link has been made to the majority of pilocytic astrocytomas. What has occured [...]
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