PsycPORT: Psychology newswire

WASHINGTON - Adolescent sex offenders are often stereotyped and treated as socially inept, but new research negates this image, finding that they are more likely to be characterized by atypical sexual interests - such as desire for prepubescent children, coercive sex with peers and adults, and exposing their genitals to...

Waltham, MA-As the current global economic crisis drives up the demand for mental health care services, cash-strapped agencies are slashing mental health budgets, according to a new Brandeis University study out this month in the International Journal of Mental Health. However, while most nations are cutting spending, a handful of...

July 26--Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series looking at how PTSD affects families.