Casey is tired of coming home to her apartment every day. She feels like her home drains her energy more than her job does. Not because it’s not a nice place, and not because of anyone else who lives ...

Fee cuts and already woefully inadequate payments have physicians contemplating leaving Medicare or quitting medicine altogether. As a physician, it can sometimes feel like there is an ever-growing ...

A psychologist shares common signs.

The malaise you feel is not just the post-holiday blues. Abuse and neglect, whether experienced by individuals or societies, can have profound, lasting implications. In children and youth, ...

Childhood emotional neglect (CEN) occurs when caregivers fail to fulfill a child’s emotional needs. This can include overt, verbal abuse, as well as passive acts of ignoring or neglecting the child’s ...

A 5-year-old boy brought to the Abilene/Taylor County Child Advocacy Center said he was angry at the police. Angry at the police for taking away his parents. When asked why the police did that, the ...

Child abuse and neglect is well established as an important societal concern with significant ramifications for the affected children, their families, and society at large (see Chapter 4). A critical ...

When COVID-19 tore through Donald Wallace’s nursing home, he was one of the lucky few to avoid infection. He died a horrible death anyway. Hale and happy before the pandemic, the 75-year-old retired ...