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  • 7 Signs Your Teenager is at Risk for Violent Behavior

     In the last week alone, four shootings/murders made headlines. They shared something shocking in common? The alleged offender was a teenager.More

  • 11 Ways to Protect Our Children from Sexual Abuse

     The archdiocese of Dublin recently admitted that more than 100 Catholic priests are alleged to have sexually abused at least 350 children since the 1940’s. In the US several teachers have been arrested for having sex with their teenaged students. Desperate Housewives star, Teri Hatcher, revealed she was sexually abused by an uncle as a child but kept it secret for many years.More

  • Are Correctional Staff Sick of Their Jobs or Are Their Jobs Making Them Sick?

     Correctional employees perform a difficult, but necessary task that is vital to public safety. They experience chronic stress due to inescapable job factors. Reducing the well documented work stress among correctional employees has the potential to make them healthier and more effective in their jobs.More

  • Aggressive and Non-Aggressive Juvenile Fire Setters

     A study by Stickle and Blechman (Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 2002) found that fire setting was associated with early onset severe and varied antisocial behaviors among juveniles. A new study by Seifert examined the characteristics of a group of 153 fire setters. Fire setters were defined as youth who set fires that are not of a utilitarian nature and may have a risk of harm to others.More

  • School Based Mental Health Services Reduce School Violence

     In a time when resources are scarce and problems are many, professionals are choosing evidence-based practices to improve outcomes related to services. Evidence is emerging that school-based mental health services are an effective and cost efficient way to improve school performance and mental health and reduce behavioral problems. To assess the effectiveness of school based mental health (SBMH) services to provide these outcomes in students from Pre-K - 12th grades, Robert Schmidt, M.More

  • Juvenile Sexual Behavior Problems

     Sexual behavior problems and sexual offenses are a growing concern for many. In order to address this problem we must first understand it. To this end, the characteristics of youth with sexual behavior problems were examined.More

  • Treating Mental Health and Forensic Populations

     No longer is it possible to assess and/or treat a mental health population without also interfacing with forensic issues such as legal infractions, Courts, violence, sexual behavior problems, delinquency, crime, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, substance abuse, and others. The training and approaches to the mental health population is different than that for a forensic population. So what is to be done, if a person has both issues?More

  • Preventing Future Violence

     The life of a chronically violent person is a matrix of complex interactive systems. Behavior can best be understood by examining the dynamics of the individual’s social context, psychological characteristics, biology, and environment. Chronic violence does not just happen one day, it develops, usually in childhood and progresses through adulthood.More

  • Passion: Fire in Your Soul

     Many people try to hold a raging fire within themselves, but it restlessly and relentlessly gnaws at their core. Some have tried to cover it up with alcohol, numb it with drugs, hide it with shopping, kids, work, or religion, or fuel it with sex. The Baby Boomers looked for eternal youth and to change the world.More

  • Doctor, Is This Person Dangerous?

     John Hinkley has been found not dangerous and is allowed over night family visits. Following his final release from jail John Thanos brutally murdered 3 teenagers in two separate incidents. Every time I hear a story like this one I feel anguish in the pit of my stomach: Columbine, Jonesboro, Littleton, the Morrow Federal Building, the Unibomber, and many more.More