April 30, 2021 : By Ryan Klinker - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Dr. Fred Volk
Representing Liberty University as a clinical mental health professional, School of Behavioral Sciences professor Dr. Fred Volk has been announced as the co-principal investigator and project evaluator on a four-year grant recently awarded to Horizon Behavioral Health to serve clients with mental health and substance issues in Virginia’s Amherst and Bedford counties. The $800,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will allow Horizon to serve 150 adults, 18 and older, who struggle getting treatment due to lack of providers and available services.
“I am thankful for the opportunity and excited to work with Horizon Behavioral Health in helping address the mental health needs of our community,” said Volk, a professor of counseling. Volk has worked at Liberty since 2006 and holds a master’s in Community/Clinical Psychology and Ph.D. in Human Factors Ps
A woman of uncommon courage
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 |
Robert Knight - Guest Columnist Knight
Hugh Hefner s greatest earthly foe has died. Judith Reisman s lifelong work exposed the truth about the addictive nature of pornography and for that the smut industry cast her as a careless, right-wing fanatic instead of the persistent, fearless academic that she was.
Somewhere in the pits of Hades, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner probably is celebrating as best he can. Perhaps the porn magnate will be allowed a spritzer of hot vinegar.
Or maybe he gave his life to the Lord moments before he died in 2017 and isn t in the netherworld. Nobody knows the state of anyone else s soul except God.
Mrs. Reisman should be far better known for her work than she is at present. She exposed legendary sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey as a predatory fraud in her 1990 book with Ed Eichel, “Kinsey, Sex and Fraud,” and compiled a study showing how Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler magazines had frequently used child porn imagery.
Her work exposing Kinsey and the porn mags ignited an anti-pornography movement that led to President Reagan announcing the launch in May 1985 of what became known as the Meese Commission on Pornography. The ensuing report was well done, but it was viciously assailed.
We’re only now seeing the science emerge that shows porn is as addictive as drugs and a public health hazard. Judith coined the term “erototoxins” to explain the brain chemistry.