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

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

Bipolar patterns in children: new perspectives on development, prevention and treatment.(Experts Speak Out)
May 1, 2005... Bipolar disorder in early childhood has been a highly controversial diagnosis. There is limited prevalence data on Bipolar 1 disorder (classical "manic-depression") in children younger than thirteen. The high variability in the presentation of...

Federal court ruling may improve access to state's MH services for children.(Legislative Watch)(mental health)
May 1, 2005... A federal judge ruled recently that the Oklahoma Health Care Authority violated federal Medicaid law by failing to provide access to children's services that are equivalent to those available to children receiving private insurance. The...

... Risk factors in teenage marijuana use.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Results of a study carried out among 13,718 middle and high school students aged 11-21 years indicate that the three main risk factors in all stages of marijuana involvement are the students own and peer involvement with substances,...

... Report finds children's well-being at highest levels.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Children and adolescents are doing better today than they were in 1975, according to the latest report of The Foundation for Child Development Index of Child Well-Being (CWI), 1975-2003. CWI Index data, tracking 28 key indicators that reflect...

... Nicotine patch safe and effective for teens.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... In a new study, researchers investigated the safety and efficacy of the nicotine patch and nicotine gum for treating teenagers who want to stop smoking. A total of 120 adolescents (ages 13 to 17 years) took part in a double-blind, randomized...

Ethnicity and perceptions of child sexual abuse.(What's New in Research)
May 1, 2005... Although child sexual abuse (CSA) may be perceived differently from country to country and from culture to culture, results of a recent study carried out among white Americans, African Americans and Hispanic Americans (the three largest ethnic...

New risk factors associated with suicide in adolescents.(What's New in Research)
May 1, 2005... A study carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified risk factors associated with attempted suicide in adolescents. Being offered illegal drugs in school, abuse by a boyfriend or girlfriend, gender and...

Social impairment assessed in young refugees.(What's New in Research)
May 1, 2005... The results of an ongoing research program, published in the April 2005 issue of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, suggest that young refugees--many of whom have fled from persecution and organized violence, having lost one or both of...

Should school uniforms be mandated in elementary schools?(Editor's Commentary)(Editorial)
May 1, 2005... Our two youngest boys, ages 4 and 10, attend a small private school we chose because of the school's reputation for respecting individual differences. Imagine, then, the shock we experienced when, midway through this school year, our children...