The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from August 2003

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from August 2003

Reaching out to children of addicted parents. (New Kit Available.
August 1, 2003... A newly available Children's Program Kit is now available to put in place an educational support program for children of alcoholics (COAs). The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) developed the kit in collaboration with the...

What do we know about drug safety in children and adolescents?(Focus On Psychopharmacology)
August 1, 2003... A recent move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sparked a considerable amount of controversy, particularly among child psychiatrists. The FDA announced that the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) paroxetine (Paxil)...

... PTSD.(Keep Your Eye On posttraumatic stress disorder )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Children injured in accidents may exhibit symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more than previously thought, according to findings reported at the Fifth International Conference on Pediatric Trauma. In the study, researchers...

... Headaches.(Keep Your Eye On)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... A recent study found that children with migraines have a lower health-related quality of life than healthy children, and a similar quality of life as chronically ill children. In the study, researchers surveyed 572 headache patients, ages 2 to...

... Psychosocial screening.(Keep Your Eye On)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Children should be screened for emotional and behavioral disorders when they present with illness or injury, not just during well-child visits, according to new research. Researchers studied questionnaires about psychosocial issues that were...

... Post-divorce moves may hurt children.(Keep Your Eye On)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Long-distance moves by either parent after a divorce may have long-term effects on children's mental and physical health. Researchers found that college students with at least one parent who had made a long-distance post-divorce move rated...

Positive parenting: coping with everyday stress can improve your family's mental health.
August 1, 2003... Mental health is as essential to children's overall well-being as their physical health. While the stressors families face every day--from financial problems to personal struggles--can make it challenging to adopt a positive parenting style,...

Study: states inadequately screen children for MH, SA.(What's New in Research)
August 1, 2003... States are failing to adopt the most effective policies under their Medicaid programs to identify mental health or substance abuse problems in children, according to a national study conducted by the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental...

Study links behavioral risk factors, steroid use.(What's New in Research)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... A study conducted by researchers at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., found that certain behavioral traits in young men and boys may predispose them to using illicit anabolic-androgenic steroids. The study suggests that men who use...

SDB more common among Hispanic children.(What's New in Research sleep-disordered breathing )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Hispanic children are more likely to suffer from symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) than white children, according to data from the prospective Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study. In the study, researchers from the...

HHS to begin pediatric testing, pursue legislation.
August 1, 2003... U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced in March that HHS would begin clinical tests on 12 drugs commonly prescribed for children. Government-supported tests of the drugs, which include lithium...

Non-Hispanic black teens at risk for early sexual activity.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2003... Non-Hispanic black teens report higher levels of early sexual experience (<15 years) than other teens, according to a recent report by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Dating and Sexual Experience Among Middle School Youth:...

Society can't ignore gambling's effect on adolescents.(Commentary)
August 1, 2003... It's fair to say that gambling is on a roll these days. Although in the past there have been periods where gambling was viewed as sinful or as a vice associated with the underworld, that certainly has not been the case in recent years....