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

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

One piece of the prevention puzzle.(School Policy and Childhood Overweight)
September 1, 2007... There has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of overweight in children and adolescents in the United States during the last 20 years (Ogden et al., 2006). Given the considerable time that children and adolescents spend in school...

Helping parents keep an eye on their teens.(Parental Monitoring)
September 1, 2007... Parental monitoring means knowing where an adolescent is, what they're doing and who they're spending time with when they aren't at home. While this doesn't sound difficult in theory, it is easier said than done. Many parents rely on their...

Childhood conduct disorder and violence in schizophrenia.(Keep your eye on ...)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Since the April shootings at Virginia Tech, there has been increased dialogue about the association between violence and schizophrenia, a diagnosis which some experts retrospectively attributed to the shooter. However, many experts have...

Gene variant increases risk for alcoholism in abused girls.(Keep your eye on ...)(National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism )(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Researchers with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) recently reported the results of a study finding that girls with a particular gene variant could be more susceptible to later alcoholism if they've been sexually...

AMA does not endorse video game "addiction".(Keep your eye on ...)(American Medical Association)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Roughly 10% of individuals who play video games are thought to play in excess. However, while the American Medical Association (AMA) suggested further research into the "addictive potential of video games" at its annual meeting in late June, it...

Childhood anxiety: review shows good evidence for SSRI treatment.(What's New in Research)(selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
September 1, 2007... An estimated 6 to 18% of children and adolescents are believed to be affected by pediatric anxiety disorders such as separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia. A review of studies of pharmacological...

Obesity risk for female victims of childhood sexual abuse.(What's New in Research)
September 1, 2007... As obesity has manifested itself as a major public health concern (See story top of page 1), there have been considerable efforts to gain understanding of the environmental, psychosocial and psychobiological conditions that may predispose an...

Reading affect in face and voice difficult for children with autism.(What's New in Research)
September 1, 2007... In their recently published report in the Archives of General Psychiatry, A. Ting Wang and colleagues write that understanding communicative intentions in everyday interactions can be difficult for individuals with autism spectrum disorders...

Give our children good teachers, watch them thrive.(Editorial)
September 1, 2007... Fifty years after I last saw him, I still remember my fifth grade teacher, Mr. Garthwright, and his wonderful way of teaching geography and history. Vasco da Gama, Ponce de Leon, Magellan and their fellow world explorers came alive in his...

The retention dilemma: what parents should know if their child is held back in school.
September 1, 2007... Grade retention, also known as non-promotion or being held back, refers to a child repeating his or her current grade level again the following year. Whether used to address low performance and/or behavior problems, research generally has not...