According to NCES 2, only 53 percent of children ages three to five were read to daily by a family member (1999). Children in families with incomes below the poverty line are less likely to be read to aloud everyday than are children in families with incomes at or above poverty.
There is more than hope for people with post-traumatic stress. Recovery can and does occur. Please do not rely on medication alone as it has no power to change the brain permanently. Effective cognitive-behavioral approaches -- which with repetition change the brain -- work in the vast majority of cases.
How technology is helping 'bring' psychiatrists to people in underserved areas. By Kristine Crane, Contributor | Jan. 15, 2015, at 10:36 a.m. Telepsychiatry: the New Frontier in Mental Health. One reason telepsychiatry may be effective is patients are more willing to open up from their homes. (iStockPhoto) When Hind Benjelloun, a District of Columbia-based crisis psychiatrist with InSight Telepsychiatry, works an overnight shift, thereâs never a dull moment.