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The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter back issues
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Fostering social skills in children with ADHD.(Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)(Case study)
January 1, 2009... Case example
Tim is a boy in fourth grade recently diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). His parents have worked with a therapist, implemented instructional changes at school, and initiated treatment with stimulant medication. Almost immediately, Tim's teacher...
Anxiety-based school refusal: helping parents cope.(School Refusal)(Case study)
January 1, 2009... Case example
Bridget is a 13-year-old girl in the 7th grade. Her parents report that she has recently begun refusing school, due to fear that she will vomit in front of her peers while in class. Her parents explain that she experienced significant separation anxiety when she began...
... Childhood trauma and psychotic symptoms in teens.(Keep your eye on ...)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
January 1, 2009... Children who experience physical abuse, bullying or domestic violence may be at elevated risk of developing psychotic symptoms in adolescence. Ian Kelleher and colleagues interviewed 211 adolescents (aged 12-15 years) and their parents. A total of 117 adolescents were identified as being at...
... Environmental trigger for autism: the role of precipitation.(Keep your eye on ...)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... In a recent study Michael Waldman, Ph.D., and colleagues investigated the possibility of an environmental trigger for autism among genetically vulnerable children that is positively associated with precipitation (rainfall, snowfall). The regression analysis included children born between 1987...
... Parents of children with ADHD at higher risk for divorce.(Keep your eye on ...)(attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... A new study finds that parents of a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly twice as likely to divorce by the time the child is 8 years old than parents of a child without ADHD. Lead author William E. Pelham, Jr., Ph.D., and colleagues suggest that clinicians who...