Mandel School researches how women in recovery managed personal networks with family, friend users
Substance abuse counselors and social workers often recommend recovering addicts establish new networks of non-using friends and supporters....
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Researchers study what makes psychotic teens more at risk for suicide than others
Suicide is a general risk for people with psychosis. According to The Journal of Psychiatry, 20 percent to...
CWRU study finds family “taxi” might be ideal place to develop child’s interest in music
Case Western Reserve University music educator Lisa Huisman Koops realized during the daily 20-minute commute to her daughter’s...
Study: Released inmates need reentry programs to meet basic, mental health needs
When inmates with severe mental illness are released from jail, their priority is finding shelter, food, money and...
Mandel School launches national initiative for research about mixed-income communities
A central resource for research and information about creating and sustaining mixed-income communities has launched online at nimc.case.edu...
Offender’s safe surrender in churches works, according to CWRU research findings
Seven years ago a coalition of concerned Clevelanders came together to try an unusual idea: Rather than have...
Team approach to foster care decisions helps keep families together
More than 250,000 children go into foster care each year to leave unsafe home situations. But, asks researcher...
New book details women’s historical roles through the art of stone and metal
Art, like bones of ancient hominids, provides clues to the past—particularly cultural life. From this artwork, certain roles...
Study challenges notion that convicts with mental illness likely to return to prison
People with mental illness have gotten a bad rap in past research studies, being labeled the group of...
“BINGO”: Game helps researchers study perception deficits
Bingo, a popular activity in nursing homes, senior centers and assisted-living facilities, has benefits that extend well beyond...