The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from March 2005

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from March 2005

How to safeguard aggressive impulsive students in a school setting: Tips from the trenches.(Special Focus Issue--School-Based Interventions)
March 1, 2005... * A previously traumatized female student was hanging in front of the school with a group of boys. When they said provocative comments and leered at her, she poked angrily at them with an umbrella and she now faces expulsion. * An...

Treating social phobia: making a case for school-based intervention.(Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS))
March 1, 2005... Social phobia is among the nation's most untreated mental health care problems. Clinic-based treatments and a handful of pharmacological interventions have demonstrated efficacy in reducing the symptoms of the disorder in adolescents. However,...

... Internet impacts adolescent drug habits.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A preliminary report examines how the Internet has influenced drug use behaviors among adolescents, ages 13 to 25 years. All 12 of the participants (9 male, 3 female), who were enrolled in a substance abuse program or seeking entry, reported...

... Conduct disorder and alcoholism in teens.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Although alcohol misuse and conduct disorder are strongly associated in adolescents, a recent study examines whether this association is due to shared genetic and/or environmental liabilities. The researchers conducted in-person interviews with...

... Methamphetamine most commonly abused stimulant.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(adolescent drug use)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has published data that illustrates the prevalence of adolescent use of methamphetamine and other prescription stimulants. The most recent estimates (2003) indicated that...

Family-based therapy for teens with bipolar disorder.(What's New in Research)
March 1, 2005... According to researchers, bipolar disorder (BP) in adolescents is widely under-recognized and often goes untreated. While a limited number of controlled trials have elucidated pharmacological treatments for pediatric-onset BP, adjunctive...

Drug selling among high school students.(What's New in Research)
March 1, 2005... Rearcher Kenneth Steinman, Ph.D., M.P.H., found that despite widely held perceptions that adult dealers and out-of-school youth are the main source of drugs for children and adolescents, drug selling occurs frequently among students who attend...

Children of immigrant families: are we discriminating?(Editor's Commentary)
March 1, 2005... America, the country built by immigrants, is ambivalent about how to treat children of immigrants. Even though all but a small proportion of Americans are themselves descended from immigrants, our current policies toward children of immigrants...

Keys to helping socially anxious teenagers: for school personnel and parents.
March 1, 2005... The problem of social anxiety disorder in teenagers It comes as a surprise to many parents and educators that anxiety is the most prevalent mental health problem in children. According to the US Surgeon General's report on mental health ,...