How mental health impacts maternal mortality in Arizona

How mental health impacts maternal mortality in Arizona

Women pose for a photo during a workout at The Daily Mix Nutrition Store in Avondale on September 24, 2024. (Photo by Nicollette Valenzuela/Cronkite News) Listen to this story. PHOENIX – “Can we go straight to the empowerment session?” someone calls out from the crowd outside a small, dimly lit store with a fluorescent pink … Read more

New study reveals impact of childhood adversity on mental health and cognitive development in adolescents

New study reveals impact of childhood adversity on mental health and cognitive development in adolescents

By identifying specific forms of adversity that differentially impact youth development, research opens the door for precision-based approaches to early intervention and prevention efforts. Image credit: nimito – stock.adobe.com A new study has found that various types of childhood adversity, such as family conflict and poverty, have significant and lasting effects on young people’s mental … Read more

Colorado mental health law change creates problems in 2022 stabbing case

Colorado mental health law change creates problems in 2022 stabbing case

LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Scott Green is a typical family doctor who found himself in an atypical situation: the victim of a violent crime. In May 2022, a man entered Green’s Lakewood office and stabbed him in the stomach. He said the wound should have been fatal, but he was lucky and survived. The then 28-year-old … Read more