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  • When Families Are Homeless on Nov 26, 2009 in Current Affairs Dealing With Stigma Research in the News

    The July 2009 issue of American Journal of Orthopsychiatry presents a special issue on the complex issue of parenting and homelessness. Families are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population and now make up more than one-third of the ove...

  • Australian "Shaman" Loses Bid to Keep Name out of Report on Nov 24, 2009 in Current Affairs Forensic Matters Skepticism

    A self-styled "North American Indian shaman healer" has failed in his bid to prevent an Australian Health Service Commissioner from naming him in a report to Victoria's State Parliament. Due to reports of sexually inappropriate behaviou...

  • Protecting The Children (Part 2) on Nov 22, 2009 in Living History Psychology Fun

    Continued from Part One The comic book industry hardly took Wertham's criticism in stride though. Not only did publishers hire private detectives to investigate his past, these detectives also harassed Wertham's colleagues at his clinic. Acco...

  • Learning to be a Parent on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Research in the News

    An article published in a recent issue of Developmental Psychology presents the results of a longitudinal study of cross-generational parenting quality. The researchers examined parenting skills in a sample of 61 participants (26 boys and 35 girls) i...

  • Learning to be a Parent on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Research in the News

    An article published in a recent issue of Developmental Psychology presents the results of a longitudinal study of cross-generational parenting quality. The researchers examined parenting skills in a sample of 61 participants (26 boys and 35 girls) i...

  • Learning to be a Parent on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Research in the News

    An article published in a recent issue of Developmental Psychology presents the results of a longitudinal study of cross-generational parenting quality. The researchers examined parenting skills in a sample of 61 participants (26 boys and 35 girls) i...

  • Learning to be a Parent on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Research in the News

    An article published in a recent issue of Developmental Psychology presents the results of a longitudinal study of cross-generational parenting quality. The researchers examined parenting skills in a sample of 61 participants (26 boys and 35 girls) i...