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

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

How to help parents and their children cope with depression and bipolar disorder.(Raising a Moody Child)
October 1, 2005... Parents of moody children are all too familiar with the extraordinary demands and stressful behaviors of their child. They are not alone: at any given time, 1.8 million teenagers and 600,000 children are depressed, and more than 300,000...

Many teens are smoking and finding it difficult to quit: an interview with NIDA's Dr. Eric T. Moolchan.(Treating Adolescent Nicotine Addiction)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... The results of the 2004 Monitoring the Future survey, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), indicate that 25% of 12th graders and 16% of 10th graders reported smoking in the past 30 days. And although rates have been on the...

... Cigarettes and alcohol use in role-playing.(Keep Your Eye On ... Children )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Children as young as two years old may be influenced by their parents' attitudes and behavior towards cigarettes and alcohol. Because of young children's limited language skills, researchers used role-playing to assess pre-schoolers' attitudes,...

... Obesity in teens related to depression and shame.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Adolescents suffering from obesity may also be suffering from depression and feelings of shame. Researchers in Denmark examined associations between self-reported body mass index of 4,703 teenage students (15 to 17 years old) and depression,...

... Effectiveness of single-session therapy.(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A new study suggests that a single 2-hour assessment and treatment session may be effective in treating child and adolescent mental health problems. The study investigated single-session therapy (SST) in an urban child and mental health clinic...

... How much is conduct disorder costing us?(Keep Your Eye On ...)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A new study explores the economic implications of conduct disorder (CD) among adolescents. Foster et al. examine expenditures related to this disorder across multiple public sectors, including mental health, general health, school and juvenile...

Effects of disaster and terrorism in children.(What's New in Research)
October 1, 2005... A new report on guidance for clinicians rendering pediatric care to children facing disaster has just been published in the September issue of Pediatrics. In view of the recent tragic events following Hurricane Katrina, this article offers...

CASA study shows sharp rise in drug-ridden schools.(What's New in Research)(Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse )
October 1, 2005... The number of students attending high schools where drugs are used, kept or sold has increased 41 percent since 2002; for middle schools, the increase is 47 percent. What this means in practical terms is that in the United States 62% of high...

Imus and autism.(Editor's Commentary)(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... I have a guilty pleasure that I feel the need to confess: I listen to Imus in the Morning on the radio as I drive to work everyday. The guilt stems from my inability to reconcile my image of myself as a mature, thoughtful child psychiatrist...

Teens and smoking: what parents need to know.
October 1, 2005... Each day in the United States, approximately 4,000 youths aged 12-17 try their first cigarette. If current patterns of smoking behaviors continue, an estimated 6.4 million of today's children can be expected to die prematurely from a...