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After a suicide attempt involving poisoning, families and healthcare professionals can help reduce future risk by making medications and other potentially harmful substances less accessible at home.
Hospital-based violence prevention programs provide support to violently injured individuals following discharge from the hospital. New research identifies and prioritizes outcomes for these individuals, revealing a focus on positive outcomes related to psychosocial health.
A child’s confession that he or she is being bullied at school can leave parents feeling sad, angry, helpless, or all three at once. Here are proactive steps clinicians can recommend to parents to deal with a bullying situation.
Since depression affects interpersonal relationships with family members, friends, and significant others, it should be seen as a risk factor for self-injury and injury to others. Prevention is key.
New findings that suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among children and teens are on the rise in the United States unfortunately comes as no surprise. This disturbing trend indicates that parents, schools and the pediatric health system need to focus more than ever on recognizing red flags and acting on them effectively.
For teens and pre-teens, romance can be exciting and confusing; for the adults in their lives, it may be difficult to discern the fine line between infatuation and abuse.
There can be lifelong psychological and social implications from being bullied for being heavy as a child. New research describes what this looks like for middle and high school youth.
While it may be difficult to understand why bystanders fail to report the signs of child abuse, a number of factors contribute to reluctance to intervene.
