A University of Victoria doctoral student is investigating how Twitter and Instagram are changing how much teenagers care.Rebeccah Nelems has been awarded $180,000 to study empathy in Canadian youth as they use social media to connect not only with loc…

Last week, a report by the University of San Diego School of Law found that about 686,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect in 2013. Traumatic childhood events can lead to mental health and behavioral problems later in life, explains psychiatr…

This video provides tips and best practices for responding to problems with empathy and compassion; key words and phrases to diffuse difficult situations; and ways to apply what you have learned.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

It’s always been tough being a teenager. Name it – raging hormones, multiplying neurons, learning the ways of the world. But these days, ya’ gotta’ be kiddin’ me. Media influence, peer pressure, bullying, an overwhelming w…

Learning Objectives: At the end of this activity, you will be able to:Discuss the importance of empathy and open communication in the patient-provider relationship.Demonstrate how to make empathetic statements.Explain how providers can elicit patient p…

One of the many goals of parenting (seriously, this gig is exhausting) is to raise children who feel empathy. Hopefully, they’ll go out into the world and act with kindness and social responsibility.We all want kids who will care about others, th…

What could be more exhilarating than experiencing the world through the perspective of another person?In “Remembrance of Things Past,” Marcel Proust’s narrator says that the only true voyage of discovery is not to visit other lands bu…