Restorative Justice (TMBMS088)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. We are often asked how to handle various situations, given that we are not proponents of punishment. Today we talk about restorative justice, a practice that helps children learn expectations, improve their behavior, and better appreciate the consequences of their actions.
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Poverty and Brain Development (TMBMS087)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. We have always known that poverty has a profound effect on the opportunities individuals have in their lives. However, we now know that poverty is also related to reading skills, cognitive processing, and stress management.
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Traumatic Events and Bystanders (TMBMS086)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. When most people hear about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD), they almost immediately think about a military veteran or someone who was in a serious accident. However, research tells us that even witnessing traumatic events can cause changes in our brain that are similar to those who have been directly traumatized.
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Resiliency and Identity (TMB120)
If we step back, take off our political, religious, or even judgmental glasses for a moment, most of us would agree that there are individuals who demonstrate tremendous resilience. Hillary Clinton could have easily disappeared following the embarrassment she endured during her husband’s second term as president. Stephen Hawking could have easily thrown in the towel as his medical condition slowly immobilized him. Instead, Ms. Clinton went on to become a Senator and ran two valiant campaigns to be the first female president; and Dr. Hawking has become one of the principal thinkers in the fields of cosmology and physics. What makes them – and many others – so resilient?
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Obesity and the Baby’s Brain
This is the third time this week that another news outlet has reported a study that appeared recently in the Journal of Pediatrics (click to visit the website or click here to download the pdf of the article). The study was conducted at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Investigators measured the developmental outcomes of 4821 children born between 2008 and 2010. The children were tested at intervals starting at four months and ending at three years. Read More