The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from March 2002

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from March 2002

New study shows prevalence of ADHD may be underestimated. (Update on ADHD).(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... School and public health officials may be greatly underestimating the public health impact of childhood ADHD, according to a new study supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Researchers at the NIEHS...

AACAP releases new stimulants guideline. (Update on ADHD).(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... With the growing push toward evidence-based practice and a renewed focus on the use of medication in children and adolescents, the newly released guideline on the use of stimulants is particularly timely. Published by the American Academy...

Unique inpatient program treating boys with eating disorders. (Expert Speaks Out).
March 1, 2002... While much less is known about eating disorders in males than in females, the behavioral characteristics of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder (BED) are similar in both groups. Men and boys develop the same symptoms of weight loss,...

... Strep A and OCD, Tourette's syndrome. (Keep Your Eye On).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... More research has linked repeated bouts of group A streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis to the development of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome in children. Researcher Michael Pichichero, M.D., from the University of...

... Partnership for autism research. (Keep Your Eye On).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Cure Autism Now Foundation and the Maple Leaf Bakery have joined together in an effort to raise money for scientific research on autism. Food shoppers across the United States will be able to help fund a cure by purchasing a loaf of...

... AAP supports adoption rights for same-sex "coparent". (Keep Your Eye On).(American Academy of Pediatrics)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a new policy statement in support of adoption rights for the "coparent" in same-sex relationships. Citing a considerable body of evidence, the committee charged with developing the policy...

Concern about legislative efforts to restrict physician and teacher role in treatment of ADHD. (Keep Your Eye On).(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The growing legislative efforts designed to restrict the role that physicians and teachers can play in advising families about the use of medication for the treatment of ADHD is raising some eyebrows among some advocacy groups. California is...

Not all sexual minority youth at risk for poor outcomes. (What's New in Research).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Using data obtained from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, researchers from the University of California Davis examined adolescent attractions and relationships and their association with substance use and abuse. The study,...

Narratives of abuse measured against videotaped incidents. (What's New in Research).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Researchers from Sweden conducted a study of 10 children (nine boys; mean age at police interview, 6.9 years) who were sexually abused by the same perpetrator to investigate the extent to which sexually abused children disclose information...

Childhood psychopathology linked to poor outcome in BD. (What's New in Research).(bipolar disorder)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Researchers from New York conducted a study of 123 subjects with DSM-IV bipolar I disorder (BD) to examine age at onset and childhood psychopathology in relation to functional outcome and clinical course over a two-year follow-up period. The...

Posttraumatic stress after severe head injury. (What's New in Research).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Researchers examined 95 patients ages four to 19 to investigate whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) occur in children one year after head injury despite amnesia of the event causing the injury....

Where have all the child psychiatrists gone? (Guest Commentary).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The shortage of child mental health professionals, child and adolescent psychiatrists in particular, is reaching crisis proportions. It used to be that only parents -- who encountered long waiting lists -- and pediatricians and educators -- who...

Prevention of eating disorders: tips for parents: from anorexia nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc.
March 1, 2002... No one denies that in the U.S. we live in a thin-obsessed society. The cultural ideals held up for us to emulate are either stick thin with surgically enhanced breasts (tamale) or powerful with clear muscle definition (male). As many vulnerable...