The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from May 2007

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from May 2007

Supporting healthy relationships between young children and their parents: lessons from attachment theory and research.(Family Relationships)
May 1, 2007... At a child care center, a toddler is clinging to her mother and crying as they enter. The mother pulls the child's hands from her arm, saying, "Don't be such a crybaby. Be a big girl and go play." In a pediatrician's waiting room, a 2-year-old...

Melatonin improves sleep in children with ADHD and chronic insomnia: no effect found on behavior, cognition or quality of life.(Alternative Medicine)(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Clinical report)
May 1, 2007... Melatonin is widely used in pediatric clinical settings for various sleep disorders, some of which include circadian rhythm disorders and delayed sleep-phase syndrome, particularly in children with blindness, autism or neuro-developmental...

... Parental recognition of ADHD behaviors.(Keep your eye on...)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Parental recognition of children's problem behavior has emerged as an important factor in predicting mental health service use, write K. Maniadaki and colleagues in their recently published study. In a sample of 590 parents of boys and girls...

... Young adults don't perceive need for alcohol treatment.(Keep your eye on...)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... A recent study found that young adults (ages 18-20) with an alcohol use disorder are not only unlikely to receive treatment, but are highly unlikely to perceive a need for such services, according to a report by Li-Tzy Wu, Sc.D., and...

... study illustrates stigma of mental illness.(Keep your eye on...)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The American Sociological Society (ASA) reported in March the results of a study suggesting that Americans are more likely to socially reject children with mental illness than they are those with physical illnesses such as asthma. In...

Childhood antecedents of PTSD.(post-traumatic stress disorder)
May 1, 2007... In their recent study Carla Storr, Sc.D., et al. write that although developmental psychopathology encourages "a life-course approach" when studying the role of childhood conditions and processes in the etiology of psychiatric disturbances,...

Teen use of inhalants on the rise.
May 1, 2007... On March 15 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a report entitled "Patterns and Trends in Inhalant use by Adolescent Males and Females: 2002-2005." The report was compiled from data collected in the...

Political correctness and child mental health.(Editorial)
May 1, 2007... Much to my dismay, Brown University has been described as a bastion of political correctness. While I do see evidence around the campus of excessive efforts to be solicitous and inoffensive in the use of language, I'm not sure Brown is any more...

Supporting healthy relationships between young children and their parents: resources and suggestions for parents.(Recommended readings)
May 1, 2007... Suggested reading: Brazelton, T.B. (1992). Touchpoints Birth to 3s: Your child's emotional and behavioral development. New York: Perseus Books. Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more that IQ. New York:...