Depression in kids linked to cardiac risks in teens
"Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely than their peers to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, even if they no longer suffer from depression...."...
"Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely than their peers to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, even if they no longer suffer from depression...."...
"Students who date in middle school have significantly worse study skills, are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use than their single classmates, according to new research from the...
"Professor of Psychology Matthew Nock is the author of a new paper, co-authored with other Harvard faculty, which examines suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adolescents. In a recent conversation with the Gazette, Nock discussed his research, and...
"In general, teens who perpetrate violence are capable of change,” says Emily Rothman, a professor at Boston University School of Public Health and an expert on intimate-partner violence perpetration...." " We need to recognize that teen dating...
"Colm O’Gorman, the founder of the One in Four organisation that supports clerical sex abuse victims in Ireland, said the emergence of Pope Francis on the balcony in St Peter’s Square had evoked “a spark of hope” in him...."...
"The suicide deaths last year of two teenage boys from Johnston public schools has prompted the Iowa Senate to approve a bill requiring statewide training on suicide prevention for Iowa school personnel. "Senate File 337, which passed Wednesday on a...
"The Senate has voted unanimously to expand Oklahoma's Child Abuse Response Team (CART) program.... "The problem is, Oklahoma has thousands of confirmed child abuse cases every year, but the OSBI only has two CART investigators for the entire state,"...
"The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) is committed to facilitating healing and recovery and promoting the social and emotional well being of children who have experienced maltreatment, exposure to violence and/ or trauma. The...
"Lorelei Vargas, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at ANDRUS, has been awarded a New Voices Civic Engagement Fellowship from the Alliance for Children and Families, a national human services membership association.... "Vargas’ year-long...
"Bristol researchers are trying to establish the best way of supporting young victims of sex abuse. "The study being carried out by experts at Bristol and Durham universities will include one of the largest randomised trials of its type in...
"This University of Toronto study, published online this month in the journal Public Health, shows that men who experienced parental divorce before they turned 18 had 48-per-cent higher odds of ever smoking 100 or more cigarettes than men whose...
"Instead of asking a drug-addicted parent, “What’s wrong with you?” a partnership of nearly three dozen agencies and providers in eastern Maine is now going to ask, “What happened to you?” The Penquis Regional Linking...
"This is the largest scale depression screening of postpartum women and the first time a full psychiatric assessment has been done in a study of postpartum women who screened positive for depression. The study, which included a depression screening of...
Dr. Richerzhagen gave me permission to post his letter that went out to 25 Legislators with only three responses. Theodore Richerzhagen III, Ph.D. I am deeply concerned that this year some 14,000 plus students will be stigmatized and have their future...
Here's a story that broke my heart, and made me determined to fight for the 14,000+ students who are at risk of being forced to drop out of school, because they are not likely to be able to pass the math requirement, a test that focuses solely on...