Special Thanks Janis Wolak and David Finkelhor A new University of New Hampshire study challenges the view that online predators are a distinctly dangerous variety of sex offenders, requiring special programs to protect youth. The study from the UNH Crimes...

Adolescence and The Law – Current Challenges Offices are in Dallas Preston Hollow/Medical City Texas. (214) 431-2032 The new issue of the Association for Psychological Science’s journal *Current Directions in Psychological Science* is a special issue devoted to “The Teenage...

It’s the trend among school kids, and it’s not downloading songs on devices or playing the current edition of Grand Theft Auto. It’s called “sexting”-sending graphic images and pornographic videos via text message to friends. It’s becoming such a problem...

HOW OFTEN IS THE CRIMINAL ABUSER TRULY AN ABUSED PERSON? Criminals Victims of Abuse? Constantly, I encounter the view that people become abusers because they were themselves abused. This is part of what has come to be an accepted theory...

Depression can be a disabling and potentially deadly disorder.  Ketamine treatment for depression is here to help. Even though there are many good medications to help with depression, their effects are typically slow in onset (a matter of weeks), and...