The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from January 2004

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from January 2004

Early intervention and specialized treatment cornerstone of 10 year autism plan.(Advances In Autism Research)
January 1, 2004... It's like somebody snuck into my house in the middle of the night when my little boy was one and a half and stole his mind and stole his personality and left his bewildered body behind. [Mother of autistic child.] The autism community...

Expert discusses puberty and risk-taking behavior in adolescents.(What's Killing Our Kids?)
January 1, 2004... The primary causes of death and disability among adolescents are problems of emotion and behavioral control, says Ronald Dahl, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "It includes accidents,...

... Pediatric legislation passed.(Keep Your Eye On)
January 1, 2004... The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved legislation (Pediatric Research Equity Act, S. 650/H.R. 2857) that will provide the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with additional authority to require pediatric studies of pharmaceutical...

... Comorbid psychiatric disorders in detained youth.(Keep Your Eye On)
January 1, 2004... Comorbid psychiatric disorders constitute a major health problem among detained youth, according to research published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers found that approximately one half of detainees had at least two mental...

... CBT helps children with anxiety disorder.(Keep Your Eye On)
January 1, 2004... Children with anxiety disorders benefit from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), whether or not additional parent training is offered, according to research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry....

... 2004 Almanac for MH and addiction professionals.(Keep Your Eye On)
January 1, 2004... Manisses Communications Group has compiled some of the most cogent findings from credible sources in research, the government and the business community, to give you a snapshot of the state of mental health and addiction needs and services....

ADHD often comorbid with affective illness.(What's New in Research)
January 1, 2004... Children presenting with ADHD often have unrecognized affective illness such as bipolar disorder as well, according to the results of a recently published study. In the study, researchers looked at 104 children ages 5 to 11 years old...

Risk-taking in your teenage daughter.
January 1, 2004... Risk-taking should not be confused with rebellion, although the line between the two can be murky. Basically, rebellion involves moving away from your parents. Risk-taking, which is yet another major developmental task, is about moving toward...

Developmental problems in low birth weight children.(What's New in Research)
January 1, 2004... School difficulties are a serious sequelae of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) children, according to the results of an international collaboration that examined school-age outcomes in ELBW children. In the study, researchers followed 532...

Genetics, family influence alcoholic disorders.(What's New in Research)
January 1, 2004... Family environmental influences can be important factors in the development of alcohol abuse disorders in offspring with increased genetic risk for alcoholism, according to research published in the December issue of the Archives of General...

Defining adolescence.
January 1, 2004... What is adolescence? Dahl says the modern study of adolescence really began in 1904 by G.S. Hall, who wrote about adolescence as a period of heightened "storm and stress." Not until the 1960s and 1970s did anyone look at the biologic...

Changes in pubertal maturation.(What's New in Research)
January 1, 2004... Research data from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, UK, and the United States, show that from 1860 to 1960 the age of menarche changed from about 15 1/2 years on average to about 13 years in 1960. An epidemiologic study (1977) of 17,000...

What are the implications of these changes?
January 1, 2004... What is happening to more traditional aspects of cognitive development if some aspects of the brain systems are being activated earlier, and the igniting passions and the strong motivations are happening earlier? "Here, we go to the other...

Understanding adolescents.
January 1, 2004... As an illustration of the important dimension of emotional influences on decision-making and judgment, Dahl offered the following anecdote: Amidst the festivities of a grand party, a young guy notices a strikingly beautiful 13-year-old...

Children and adults need family traditions.(Commentary)
January 1, 2004... Nothing is more important in the holiday season than our traditions. The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, marks the point at which the deepening darkness relents and light begins its slow return. Winter solstice rituals are common...