Key Federal report about children and their families. The report presents key indicators in seven domains: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.
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Boys will fall further behind in school and in an increasingly complex society if we do not teach them how to be emotionally open and honest, able to recognize and navigate their feelings rather than stuffing them down. Yet it is more difficult than we imagine. Click the link below to read more on the ontogeny of ‘masculine’ stereotype and it’s effect on young boys.
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/18/482156268/is-it-ok-for-boys-to-cry
Read more about a depresses teen’s struggle to find mental health care in rural California. This article also gives a details about a resource LiveHealth Online Psychology, so patients who live in rural areas where it can sometimes be hard to find a clinician can “talk face-to-face with a licensed therapist or psychologist through high-definition video on your smartphone, tablet or computer with a webcam.
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“There is significant work involved in being a patient,” can the new direction in patient-centered integrated health care fix that? Read the article below to understand the considerable burden our fragmented system puts on patients to coordinate their own care.