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

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

Restricting the movies teens watch may impact tobacco use. (Adolescent Smoking).
May 1, 2002... Movies hold the awesome power to entertain as well as to teach. Unfortunately, some of the lessons imparted to adolescents are dangerous and, potentially, deadly. In addition to overt displays of inappropriate sexual conduct, violent demeanor...

Wraparound: an evolving model of care for children's mental health. (Approaches to Treatment).
May 1, 2002... The wraparound model of providing behavioral healthcare services to children and adolescents is slowly challenging the turf of more traditional treatment approaches. This service delivery model is charactertized by care that attempts to meet...

... Inhalants. (Keep Your Eye On).(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse)(OxyContin)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... More youngsters are using inhalants than ecstasy or OxyContin, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. The report states that in 2000, there were...

... ADHD. (Keep Your Eye On).(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), a national non-profit organization dedicated to providing individuals with general information on ADHD in children, adolescents and adults, has issued a statement...

... Joint custody vs. sole custody. (Keep Your Eye On).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Children of divorced parents may fare better in joint-custody arrangements than in sole-custody arrangements, according to the results of a meta-analysis that examined over 2,000 custody situations, as well as over 200 intact family situations....

... Free toolkits. (Keep Your Eye On).(child mental health services)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Several agencies have collaborated to develop toolkits that aid community members in creating and engaging in mental health activities at the local level. The toolkits provide information on how to create media advisories, press releases and...

Delinquency linked with substance abuse in boys. (What's New in Research).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Researchers examined a subsample of males (N=147) from the Minnesota Twin Family Study (MTFS) to evaluate the effect of delinquency subtypes on substance dependence symptoms over time. The MTFS is an ongoing epidemiological study of substance...

Depressed adolescents at risk for adverse outcomes. (What's New in Research).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Researchers examined the long-term consequences of adolescent depression using data from a sample of children (N=964) from the Christchurch Health & Development study, a 21-year longitudinal birth cohort study of 1,265 children born in New...

Sexual debut and self-esteem in adolescents. (What's New in Research).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Results of a new study examining the effects of self-esteem on sexual debut indicate that gender differentially influences the initiation of sexual intercourse among young adolescents. The researchers based their findings on an analysis of...

Paternal delinquency and child psychopathology. (What's New in Research).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... A cross-sectional study of 222 boys and girls ages 10 to 12 years was conducted to examine the influence of paternal substance dependence and antisocial personality disorder status, family functioning, and peer affiliations on problem behaviors...

Behavior develops, minds don't snap. (Guest Commentary).(Brief Article)(Column)
May 1, 2002... The recent convictions of two Vermont teenagers for the brutal slaying of two Dartmouth professors make us wonder how two ostensibly "normal kids," one of them an honors student, could engage in such behavior without giving major signals of...

Keeping your kids tobacco-free.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing more than 400,000 deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $50 billion in direct medical costs. * Each year, smoking kills more...