Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Suicide is a general risk for people with psychosis. According to The Journal of Psychiatry, 20 percent to 40 percent of those diagnosed with psychosis attempt suicide, and up to 10 percent succeed. And teens with psychotic symptoms are nearly 70 times more likely to attempt suicide than…

Case Western Reserve University music educator Lisa Huisman Koops realized during the daily 20-minute commute to her daughter’s preschool that the family vehicle might be an ideal—and overlooked—place to develop a child’s awareness and interest in music. The family car, she thought, could provide…

When inmates with severe mental illness are released from jail, their priority is finding shelter, food, money and clothes. Even needs as basic as soap and a place to bathe can be hard to come by for people leaving jail, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University’s social work…

A central resource for research and information about creating and sustaining mixed-income communities has launched online at nimc.case.edu with resources at Case Western Reserve University. The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities (NIMC) is based in the Center on Urban Poverty and…

Seven years ago a coalition of concerned Clevelanders came together to try an unusual idea: Rather than have fugitives turn themselves in at police stations or courthouses, how about asking them to come to church? This month, researchers at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case…

More than 250,000 children go into foster care each year to leave unsafe home situations. But, asks researcher David Crampton, is removing children from their homes always the best solution? Crampton, associate professor of social work at Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, contributed to a…

Art, like bones of ancient hominids, provides clues to the past—particularly cultural life. From this artwork, certain roles for women—wives, mothers, mourners, midwives and even sex goddesses—emerge from the images sculpted from stone, engraved on wood or molded out of various earthen and metal…

People with mental illness have gotten a bad rap in past research studies, being labeled the group of people with the highest return rates to prison. But a researcher from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University counters those findings in a new study—…

Bingo, a popular activity in nursing homes, senior centers and assisted-living facilities, has benefits that extend well beyond socializing. Researchers found high-contrast, large bingo cards boost thinking and playing skills for people with cognitive difficulties and visual perception problems…

How useful would it be to anticipate how well someone will control their emotions? To predict how well they might be able to stay calm during stress? To accept critical feedback stoically? Heath A. Demaree, professor of psychology at Case Western Reserve University, finds clues in what…