Black boys unchained: Removing the constraints of racial disparities in discipline at school
This article advocates strict limits or outright bans on exclusion up to Grade 6. For BB, the time between pre-K and middle school is a developmentally critical period in which, for a variety of reasons, misconduct is high compared to other groups of children. Instituting bans will require a fundamental change in how school discipline is conceived. Schools will need to reimagine BB and strengthen their social competencies and emotional resilience. This will require a shift in emphasis from punishment to empathy for BB who misbehave. Implementing policies to prohibit exclusion will be difficult in light of opposition from s...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Oscar A Barbarin Source Type: research

Marion Kenworthy and values in the history of American child psychiatry
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2024 Feb 29. doi: 10.1037/ort0000727. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMarion Kenworthy (1891-1980) was a pioneering child psychiatrist, mental hygiene and child guidance leader, and early member of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (now the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice). Throughout her illustrious career, Kenworthy advocated for values in the emerging field of child psychiatry, especially around prevention of mental illness, interdisciplinary collaboration, and social justice. Kenworthy's history provides not only an illustration of the importance of values in the wor...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laura Hirshbein Source Type: research

Predictors of hope among at-risk young adults in Israel during the transition to adulthood
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2024 Feb 29. doi: 10.1037/ort0000738. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis exploratory study examined hope among at-risk young adults and the factors associated with hope including income, housing, self-rated health, and education. The study, conducted among Israeli at-risk young adults, included 589 participants, ages 18-25 who received some form of treatment at one of Israel's social welfare service agencies. Findings indicated that young adults who had experienced housing instability/insecurity during the past year had lower levels of hope compared to participants who had not experienced housing inst...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yafit Sulimani-Aidan Source Type: research

Family member incarceration and loneliness among low-income U.S. veterans
This study aimed to examine the relationship between family member incarceration and perceptions of loneliness among a sample of low-income U.S. military veterans. Data are from the National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences Study-a national survey of low-income U.S. veterans collected in December 2022 and January 2023. Multiple Poisson is used to assess the relationship between family member incarceration and a loneliness index, and multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the relationship with specific constructs in the loneliness index. The results indicate that respondents who ever experienced ...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alexander Testa Jack Tsai Source Type: research

Black boys unchained: Removing the constraints of racial disparities in discipline at school
This article advocates strict limits or outright bans on exclusion up to Grade 6. For BB, the time between pre-K and middle school is a developmentally critical period in which, for a variety of reasons, misconduct is high compared to other groups of children. Instituting bans will require a fundamental change in how school discipline is conceived. Schools will need to reimagine BB and strengthen their social competencies and emotional resilience. This will require a shift in emphasis from punishment to empathy for BB who misbehave. Implementing policies to prohibit exclusion will be difficult in light of opposition from s...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Oscar A Barbarin Source Type: research

Marion Kenworthy and values in the history of American child psychiatry
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2024 Feb 29. doi: 10.1037/ort0000727. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMarion Kenworthy (1891-1980) was a pioneering child psychiatrist, mental hygiene and child guidance leader, and early member of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (now the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice). Throughout her illustrious career, Kenworthy advocated for values in the emerging field of child psychiatry, especially around prevention of mental illness, interdisciplinary collaboration, and social justice. Kenworthy's history provides not only an illustration of the importance of values in the wor...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laura Hirshbein Source Type: research

Predictors of hope among at-risk young adults in Israel during the transition to adulthood
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2024 Feb 29. doi: 10.1037/ort0000738. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis exploratory study examined hope among at-risk young adults and the factors associated with hope including income, housing, self-rated health, and education. The study, conducted among Israeli at-risk young adults, included 589 participants, ages 18-25 who received some form of treatment at one of Israel's social welfare service agencies. Findings indicated that young adults who had experienced housing instability/insecurity during the past year had lower levels of hope compared to participants who had not experienced housing inst...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yafit Sulimani-Aidan Source Type: research

Family member incarceration and loneliness among low-income U.S. veterans
This study aimed to examine the relationship between family member incarceration and perceptions of loneliness among a sample of low-income U.S. military veterans. Data are from the National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences Study-a national survey of low-income U.S. veterans collected in December 2022 and January 2023. Multiple Poisson is used to assess the relationship between family member incarceration and a loneliness index, and multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the relationship with specific constructs in the loneliness index. The results indicate that respondents who ever experienced ...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alexander Testa Jack Tsai Source Type: research