Research

Child Trends – Mental Health Disorders

Study Highlights Mental Health, Substance Use Links in Young People

A new Australian study found on average teens receiving mental health treatment start using marijuana, smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol at age...

One-in-Five High School Girls Binge Drink, CDC Says

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report says approximately 20 percent of the nation’s high school girls engage in...

Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Lifetime Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents

2012 Final Report by Missouri’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children

Longitudinal Associations Between Teen Dating Violence Victimization and Adverse Health Outcomes

After Newtown Shooting, Answers May Be Found in Decade-old Government Report

The details of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are slowly coming to light, but a government document issued a decade ago...

Exposure of African American Youth to Alcohol Advertising, 2008-2009

Results from the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators

This is a report which is premised on a global scale. Below are links to the full report and a more condensed,...

OJJDP: Effects and Consequences of Underage Drinking

Serving Our Youth: Findings from a National Survey of Service Providers Working with LGBT Youth Who Are Homeless or At Risk of Becoming Homeless

Grants Awarded – Week of April 30th, 2012

  Students in Free Enterprise and Lowe’s TO: United Neighborhood Center$2000-To build a new playground and exercise area for kids.   CarMax...

States Not Reducing Youth Exposure to Alcohol Ads

A new study finds that states are failing to do much if anything to keep young people from being exposed to advertisements...

Performance-Based Scholarships May Improve Academic Progress of College Students

Heavy Marijuana Use Among Teens on the Rise

Heavy marijuana use among teens has increased drastically in recent years, with nearly one in 10 sparking up 20 times or more...

Poll Shows Young People Fear Country is on Wrong Track, But Still Support Obama by Wide Margin

Only one in five young people believe the United States is heading in the right direction, yet more are still likely to...

The Myth of Suburban Gangs: A Changing Demographic

When most people think of gangs and the criminal activity often associated with them problems of the inner-city may come to mind...

Weekly Notes: New grants doled out by Public Welfare, MacArthur; research on school crime; and more

***There are 331 days left in the first term of President Barack Obama, and the president has still not nominated someone to...

Weekly Notes: Illinois juvenile justice commission sells report well; Walsh Act update; and more

***As we write, Congress is playing a lively game of partisan chicken over a deal to fund the government for fiscal 2012...