The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from January 1 2009

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from January 1 2009

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...

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...

... 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...

... 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...

... 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.,...

CBT, sertraline or combination treatment in childhood anxiety.(What's New in Research)(combination therapy)(Clinical report)
January 1, 2009... In their recently published Child-Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS), John T. Walkup, M.D., and colleagues write that despite a prevalence of 10 to 20%, anxiety disorders in children "remain underrecognized and undertreated," with...

SBI for alcohol problems for parents in pediatrician offices.(What's New in Research)(screening and brief intervention)
January 1, 2009... Most parents are open to the idea of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for their own alcohol problems as administered by their children's pediatrician, according to a recent study funded by the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program...

Diagnosis and intervention during the prodrome of psychosis.(What's New in Research)(Clinical report)
January 1, 2009... The period of greatest risk for developing psychosis is during late adolescence and early adulthood. At its earliest stage, called the prodrome, when overt psychotic symptoms are not yet evident, clinicians face challenges in diagnosing at-risk...

Too much medical care: when is it abuse?(Guest Commentary)
January 1, 2009... Imagine this scenario: a mother lies to her child's doctor. She tells the doctor about symptoms that the child did not experience. She has done this for years and the unsuspecting doctor keeps chasing false claims with diagnostic tests that...

New editorial board for CABL.(Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... This issue we are making a change in the editorial board of the Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter (CABL, as we fondly refer to it). It reflects the now year-old "new" relationship between CABL, the E.P. Bradley Hospital and...