The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from November 2003

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from November 2003

Children of depressed parents respond well to intervention.(Family-Focused Intervention)
November 1, 2003... Parents with depression can be very good parents if treating their depression is seen as part of helping them be good parents, says William R. Beardslee, M.D., lead investigator of a study that evaluated two preventive intervention strategies...

Prevention program found effective in encouraging students to seek help.(Adolescent Suicide)
November 1, 2003... Schools participating in a national, school-based suicide prevention program reported a significant increase in help-seeking by depressed students, according to an evaluation of the program published in Adolescent and Family Health. The...

... Mental health care utilization.(Keep Your Eye On)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... A study comparing mental health need and service use among children and adolescents across 13 U.S. states found large geographic variations in service use and unmet need across the states--disparities the RAND researchers say are most likely...

... Health risk behaviors.(Keep Your Eye On)(physically active female students may be at lower risk for smoking and drug use)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Female students who are both physically active outside school and team participate in sports may be at lower risk for using cigarettes or drugs or engaging in risky sexual behavior, according to findings published in the September issue of the...

... Drug czar calls for school drug testing.(Keep Your Eye On)(John Walters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The nation's drug czar recently told New England governors that the time for drug testing in schools has come, the Associated Press reported. Drug testing in schools would be an effective way to combat drug use among young people, John Walters,...

No link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism.(What's New in Research)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... New research published in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concludes there is no association between thimerosal-containing vaccines and the development of autism in children who received the vaccine....

Characteristics of OCD in Hawaiian teens examined.(What's New in Research)(obsessive-compulsive disorder)
November 1, 2003... A team of researchers investigating the high rate of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) among Hawaiian adolescents found an increased risk with factors that are also associated with increased rheumatic fever risk, possibly suggesting that the...

Teen suicide.
November 1, 2003... Teens need adult guidance more than ever to understand all the emotional and physical changes they are experiencing. When teens' moods disrupt their ability to function on a day-to day basis, it may indicate a serious emotional or mental...

Major depression in adolescence associated with later problems.
November 1, 2003... Young adults who experienced an episode of major depressive disorder (MDD) during adolescence may be more vulnerable to a relapse in adulthood that could significantly impair their quality of life, according to recent research. In the...

Editor named one of nation's top doctors.(Gregory K. Fritz)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Gregory K. Fritz, M.D., the editor of The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, was recently named among the top physicians in the country in the 2003 edition of America's Top Doctors, based on a national survey conducted by...

Effects of text messaging on adolescent health studied.
November 1, 2003... Preliminary findings from a cross-sectional study suggest that text messaging on mobile phones may be related to sleep disturbances in a growing number of adolescents, who sometimes take the phones to bed so they do not miss any incoming...

Response and responsibility: new findings in juvenile delinquents--should it change how we think about crime?(Guest Commentary)
November 1, 2003... A series of new studies regarding the mental health of juvenile delinquents is raising questions regarding how we should think about juvenile crime--and maybe all crime. Studies carried out most recently by our group in California found...