Nov

10

Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites

November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The Pew Internet and American Life Project just published the findings from their survey on teens and social networks: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites. Read the full report here (PDF), or review the section breakdown (with hyperlinks) after the jump…

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Nov

9

The Criminalization of Nursing Mistakes

November 9, 2011 | 2 Comments

I attended a meeting last week in which we discussed the criminalization of nursing errors, and I have to admit, it was one of the highlights of the meeting. Punitive and finite steps (this may be one of the most tragic examples) are often the response by institutions, which may result in a culture of silence in [...]

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Oct

20

Violence and Health Equity

October 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The Prevention Institute’s UNITY project has a new fact sheet on the links between violence and health equity. Please read and tuck away in your “reasons why evidence collection should not be the guiding principle behind the work of forensic clinicians” file. See also: fact sheets on links between violence and mental health; violence and [...]

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Oct

4

The Bully Project

October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Have you heard about The Bully Project?  Check out the site, and specifically, their bullying resource page for more information. Can’t wait to see this…with my preteen girlchild.

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Sep

14

The Repercussions of Bullying on Girls’ Futures

September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The US Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a webinar, The Repercussions of Bullying on Girls’ Futures (PDF). The session will be held on September 20th, 2pm ET. For those of you who cannot attend the live session, it will be recorded and archived, available for review here after September 22nd.

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Jun

27

Healthy People 2020

June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

In the US, the Department of Health and Human Services provides science-based healthcare objectives for the country in a document called Healthy People. Healthy People 2020 was released at the end of last year, and if you haven’t had a chance to see it (made easier by a pretty decent website), it’s worth looking at. Struggling to [...]

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Jun

21

Articles of Note: June Edition

June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Time once again for this month’s Articles of Note. These are a selection from peer-reviewed journals that feel particularly relevant to our practice. Remember, it’s in no way a comprehensive or exhaustive list, but it’s an excellent place to start. The majority of the links will take you to PubMed. However, I have included one [...]

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May

16

LGBT Bullying

May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment

A small teaser for this month’s Articles of Note: The Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University is “the only community research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to decrease major health and related risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, such as suicide, substance abuse, HIV and homelessness – in [...]

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Apr

21

Articles of Note: April Edition

April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the late March/April/May (and in 1 case, July–go figure) issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. There is definitely something [...]

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Mar

28

Sexting

March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment

If you haven’t read the fascinating article in the Sunday NY Times, I encourage you to check it out. It’s an in-depth look at the issue of sexting by minors, and it does a nice job of looking at the multiple facets of this complicated legal issue, and the secondary bullying that can arise in [...]

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