Hilton Hilton grad helping district in wake of allegations against principal The case against Kirk Ashton has Hilton Central looking at how to prevent something like this from ever happening again. An alumnus of Northwood Elementary – where Ashton is on leave as principal due to allegations he sexually abused 11 students – is...
Category: Psychiatry
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Recent Publications
Yoder, J., Grady, M.D., Brown. A. & Dillard, R. (2019). Criminogenic needs as intervening mechanisms in the relation between insecure attachment and youth sexual violence. Sexual Abuse. Brown. A. (2018). Using Latent Class Analysis to Explore Subtypes of Youth who Have Committed Sexual Offenses. Youth, Violence, and Juvenile Justice. Grady, M.D., Yoder, J. & Brown. A. (2018). Childhood maltreatment...
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We need to talk about how Grindr is affecting gay men’s mental health
Article by: Jack Turban When I open the Grindr app on my smartphone, I see there’s a 26-year-old man with tanned abs just 200 feet away. He’s called “looking4now,” and his profile explains that he wants sex at his place as soon as possible. Scrolling down, I find 100 similar profiles within a one-mile radius...
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Call Me by Your Name: Not Pedophilia, Still Problematic
Article by: Renee Sorrentino, MD The 2017 blockbuster film, Call Me by Your Name (directed by Luca Guadagnino) draws the moviegoer into the romantic and sexual development of Elio, a 17-year-old adolescent boy living in Northern Italy. The viewer watches him run through the typical trials of a teen working to understand sex and intimacy. At...
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DSM-5 and Paraphilias: What Psychiatrists Need to Know
Article by: Renee Sorrentino, MD Paraphilic disorders are rarely part of the curriculum for psychiatry residents or fellows. As a result, there are few psychiatrists who work with individuals who have paraphilic disorders. In the past few decades, research on sexual offenders has shown that those with paraphilic disorders are at high risk for committing future...