The Health, Emotions, and Relationship Initiative for the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families will be hosting the next International Association of Relationship Research Mini-Conference at the University of Arizona on October 20-22nd, 2011.
A first-of-its-kind study examining the long-term economic consequences of childhood psychological disorders finds the conditions diminish people's ability to work and earn as adults, costing $2.1 trillion over the lifetimes of all affected Americans.
A recent study from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that nearly 1 in 5 American adults experienced mental illness in the past year.
by Karen Seccombe, MSW, Ph.D., School of Community Health, Portland State University
The telephone rang. "A telemarketer, perhaps? Ugh, just let it ring. No, wait, it could be important...." Sure enough, it was every parent's nightmare, "Karen, I'm calling to tell you that your daughter had an accident at school and may have broken her arm."
William J. Doherty is an educator, researcher, therapist, speaker, author, consultant, and community organizer. He is Professor and Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program in the Department of Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development, at the University of Minnesota, where he is also an adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Bill is past president of the National Council on Family Relations, the nation's oldest interdisciplinary family studies organization. His awards include the Significant Contribution to the Field of Marriage and Family Therapy Award, the Margaret E. Arcus Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Life Education, and the Outstanding Community Service Award from the University of Minnesota.
A popular speaker to lay and professional audiences, he has won several teaching awards in his career and is frequently interviewed by print, radio, and TV media on family issues.
Dr. Pauline Boss is an educator and researcher who is widely recognized for her groundbreaking research on what is now known as the theory of ambiguous loss.
Since 1973, Dr. Boss has studied ambiguous loss, and trained and worked with psychologists and counselors to help individuals and families who have experienced a life-altering ambiguous loss, often described as a frozen grief, recover their resiliency despite the on-going ambiguity. Drawing on her research and clinical experience, Dr. Boss is committed to working with families to develop meaningful strategies that help them cushion the pain, cope with ambiguous loss and move forward to live productive lives.
