The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from August 2006

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from August 2006

Into the eye of the hurricane: the kids are doing okay, but just wait ...(Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina)
August 1, 2006... Dr. Drell is the Head of LSU Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Clinical Director of New Orleans Adolescent Hospital and community System of Care (NOAH). With his staff and 17 adolescent psychiatric patients, Dr. Drell evacuated New...

What walks through the door: interesting behavioral problems seen in primary care pediatrics.(Case Report: Urethrovaginal reflux)
August 1, 2006... If you talk to any pediatrician practicing primary care pediatrics, that pediatrician will tell you that behavioral problems constitute a huge portion of the patients seen in day to day practice. Some might say behavioral problems are all...

...Teen pharm parties.(Keep Your Eye On...)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... A new trend in substance abuse among adolescents is the non-medical use of prescription drugs during "pharm parties." As reported in the June 16 issue of the Northern Iowan, parents are becoming increasingly concerned over children raiding...

...Helping stuttering children to handle emotional stress.(Keep Your Eye On...)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... For children who stutter, helping them to handle emotional stress may also help them to manage their speech disorder, according to a new study published in the Journal of Communication Disorders. The findings suggest that children who stutter...

... Omega-3 treatment for childhood depression.(Keep Your Eye On...)(Clinical report)
August 1, 2006... In a first-ever study investigating omega-3 fatty acids in children diagnosed with major depressive disorder, researchers found significant improvements in children who received omega-3 fatty acids compared with those who received placebo. The...

Self-injury among college students.(What's New in Research)
August 1, 2006... New study results provide support to a widely held belief that self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) are prevalent among adolescents and young adults. An internet-based survey carried out among students at two U.S. universities in the northeast found...

Predicting early onset of deviant peer-group affiliation.(What's New in Research)(Clinical report)
August 1, 2006... Results from a 12-year longitudinal Canadian study suggest that young boys can be identified as early as kindergarten to be at high risk for involvement in deviant peer-groups early on in their development. The researchers found that...

MH services for children with special needs.(What's New in Research)(mental healthcare)(Survey)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Children with special healthcare needs and their families are at risk for not receiving special mental healthcare services. According to data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, the investigators found that...

Internalizing behaviors in children exposed in utero to psychotropic medications.(Psychopharmacology Update)
August 1, 2006... In the fourth wave of prospective analyses, levels of childhood internalizing behaviors were not found to be significantly different between 4-year-olds with and without in utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), with...

Hurricane Katrina: what the children can teach us.(Guest Commentary)
August 1, 2006... It would seem that all stressors are not created equal, even for children living in poverty, who already face multiple daily hurdles in meeting basic needs. As Dr. Drell tells us in this issue, Hurricane Katrina has resulted in a less than...