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The gene variant responsible for blondness in dark-skinned indigenous islanders is distinctly different from the gene that causes blond hair in Europeans, researchers report.
Interdisciplinary Review of General, Forensic, Prison and Military Psychiatry and Psychology and the related subjects of Behavior and Law with the occasional notes and comments by Michael Novakhov, M.D. (Mike Nova).
Scientific American (blog) | How do controversial revisions in psychiatry's guidebook make you feel? Philadelphia Inquirer John Oldham, the psychiatric association's president, said one of the DSM's roles has been to provide definitions that lead to better research. Mental health and illness are on a continuum with no clear lines of demarcation, but scientists need to find ... DSM-5 Debate: Committee Backs Off Some Changes, Re-Opens CommentsTIME DSM-5 Field Trial Results a Hot Topic at APA 2012 MeetingMedscape APA Announces New Changes to Drafts of the DSM-5, Psychiatry's New “Bible”Scientific American (blog) Newsworks.org -Disability Scoop all 15 news articles » |
Ken Clarke calls on big business to give ex-prisoners a chance to find jobs The Independent The academies began opening four years ago but this is the first to allow prisoners, who are all risk-assessed first, to serve the public. While it does not accept sex offenders or prisoners with mental-health issues, it provides offenders with a good ... and more » |
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"I expect Chief Executive Officers at every level to demonstrate support for diversity and inclusion. Every BOP institution and office should provide training and foster an atmosphere that provides access to all Special Emphasis Program areas (e.g., Federal Women's Program; Black Affairs Program; Hispanic Employment Program; Selective Placement Program; Asian/Pacific Islander and Native American Indian Program; lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Program) that have been identified by the President, the Department of Justice, and the Bureau of Prisons. Managers and supervisors must be leaders in supporting Affirmative Employment Committee meetings, events, and activities," writes director Charles E. Samuels Jr. in a Jan. 23, 2012, memo.Here's the Equality Florida news release:
In a groundbreaking move, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has announced that every federal prison in the U.S. will appoint an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) representative to their long-standing Affirmative Employment Program. The BOP employs approximately 40,000 nationwide, and until now, the LGBT staff did not have a designated representative in the program.
With the addition of an LGBT representative to the BOP’s Affirmative Employment Program, each of the more than 120 BOP facilities will hold at least one event each year that will serve to educate and inform the staff about LGBT diversity issues.
The directive also requires each facility to designate one person as the LGBT Special Emphasis Program Manager, to ensure that equal opportunity issues and concerns affecting LGBT employees are adequately addressed.
The announcement comes just one year after Brian Winfield, managing director of Equality Florida, met with a small team of courageous employees at Florida’s Coleman Federal Correctional Complex to plan the first-ever LGBT staff event within the BOP.
With the support of senior officials at the correctional complex, Winfield worked with the team to create an extremely successful event in June, nationally recognized as Gay Pride Month. As the 2011 event’s keynote speaker, Winfield was the first advocate to speak about LGBT issues at an officially sanctioned staff event within a Federal prison complex.
“I am so proud to have worked with this group of employees whose efforts impacted national policy,” said Winfield. “It is only because they believed that LGBT individuals and issues needed more visibility, and because it was the right thing to do, that employees at federal prisons now have a place at the table within the Bureau of Prisons.”
On June 28, 2012, Equality Florida will once again address staff at Coleman, as Nadine Smith, Equality Florida’s executive director, will be a featured speaker at the facility’s “Lunch & Learn” event. Employees at Coleman’s four correctional facilities are invited to attend the event during their lunch hour to learn about diverse cultural issues.
Earlier this year, BOP Director Charles E. Samuels, Jr. issued a memo specifically addressing Affirmative Employment Programs. In it, he stated, “I am personally committed to ensuring that we provide an environment where diversity is valued, understood and embraced at all Bureau of Prison locations... Every BOP institution and office should provide training and foster an atmosphere that provides access to all Special Emphasis Program areas.”
The memo listed various program areas that, for the first time, included a, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Program.” A program that originated around a conference table in Coleman, Florida.
Equality Florida is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
As any parent knows, teenagers are different than adults. This common-sense observation is backed by hard scientific evidence; we know that an adolescent’s brain continues to grow and develop well into his or her twenties. The fact that teenagers’ brains are still developing makes them especially vulnerable to trauma of all kinds, including the trauma of social isolation and sensory deprivation.
That’s why the leading American child psychiatry association just approved a policy statement opposing the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities for juveniles. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry represents over 7,500 child and adolescent psychiatrists and other interested physicians….PLEASE; READ MORE THERE AND SIGN THE PETITION!
Lowinson and Ruiz's Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) Section 2, “Determinants of Abuse and Dependence,” includes chapters on genetics, neurobiological factors of drug abuse, psychological factors in substance abuse disorders, behavioral aspects, and sociocultural factors. The chapters on genetics and ... |
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Feds to investigate law enforcement, Montana college's response to sexual ...
Washington Post The investigations have indicated an association with patterns of behavior from a small number of student athletes, UM President Royce Engstrom said in January. Four of the cases resulted in student conduct code action against eight students, ... Justice Department probes University of Montana student rape reportsChicago Tribune all 265 news articles » |