A national survey says that at 7.5 million children younger than 18 years of age across the United States suffer from having to live with a parent or parents with alcoholic problems. The survey report came from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), who used information from 2005-2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
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A study dispels the popular notion that people with mental health problems are prone to return back to their criminal ways, and end up again in jail as a result. The study is headed by a researcher from the Case Western Reserve University Mandel School of Applied Science, which shows that mental illnesses actually protect some inmates from returning back to jails.
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Many families today are trying healthy-lifestyle modifications and natural therapies for management of ADHD in their children, with encouraging results. This is becoming popular, because many parents refuse to have their child medicated with stimulants like Ritalin and Adderal.
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Children who suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI) may suffer from disabilities regarding cognition, movement and intellect for long period of time, much like adults do. Even though younger brain is regarded by experts as more ‘plastic’, injury can destroy damage lot of areas of the brain that leaves the person incapacitated for years, according to a study lead by researchers from Murdoch Children’s Institute in Melbourne, Australia.
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