All posts tagged "Mental Health"

Firearm Possession Among Adolescents Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department for Assault

Medical Marijuana Laws Don’t Increase Adolescent Use, Study Says

Medical marijuana laws have no effect on the likelihood a young person will smoke pot, according to a new report. The study,...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book

New USDA Rules Keep Candy from School Vending Machines

Beginning next year, fruits and other healthy foods will replace candy bars and cans of soda in school vending machines thanks to...

Types of Alcohol Use Experience From Childhood Through Adolescence

The Comeback States – Reducing Youth Incarceration in the United States

Alcohol Use Common Among Kids, Study Says

Two out of five second-graders have tasted alcohol, a number that shoots up to six out of ten for 12-year-olds, according to...

Two ‘Cool Girls’ Beat the Odds

“You still have all this stuff?” Erica Gibson, a 32-year-old computer application developer consultant, cannot believe that Joan Thomas — her childhood...

Helping Can Hurt

Four years ago, a valued long-time staff member walked into Dr. Ginny Sprang’s office and announced suddenly that she was quitting. The...

Resources for Professionals to Help Prevent Secondary Traumatic Stress

National Child Traumatic Stress Network – nctsn.org This collaborative of organizations and individuals has a workgroup on secondary traumatic stress, and several...

How to Reduce the Risk of Secondary Trauma

Avoiding or dealing with secondary traumatic stress requires action by both individual professionals and organizations as a whole: Engage in self care....

KIDS COUNT: State of the Child in Tennessee

Take Pride in Supporting LGBTQ Youth

June marks Pride month, an annual celebration by and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and our allies. For LGBTQ...

No Age Restrictions on Plan B Pill After FDA Drops Appeal

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday it will comply with a U.S. District Judge’s order to allow sale of...

Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2012

Neighborhoods and Infectious Disease Risk: Acquisition of Chlamydia during the Transition to Young Adulthood

A New Direction: Our Changing Relationship with Driving and the Implications for America’s Future

Declines in State Teen Birth Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin

Record Drops in Teen Birth Rate

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) finds that teen birth rates have...

Association Between Exposure to Suicide and Suicidality Outcomes in Youth