All posts tagged "Mental Health"

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

Upcoming OJJDP Webinar Examines the Role of Families for LGBT Youth

On July 19, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will present a webinar titled “The Critical Role of Families in...

The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth

The Unfair Criminalization of Gay and Transgender Youth

Mindful of the Consequences: How Improving the Mental Health of D.C. Youth Benefits the District

Supporters and Critics Respond to Tennessee’s “Abstinence-Only” Legislation

Last month, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed one of the nation’s strictest pro-abstinence sex-education laws, drawing criticism from many organizations for a...

Supreme Court’s Health Care Decision: Good for Kids, What About Parents?

Yesterday’s affirmation of the federal Affordable Care Act by the U.S. Supreme Court maintains several important health care provisions that protect the...

UPDATE: Minor Pot Possession Will No Longer Burn Offenders

Possessing marijuana will no longer result in a lockup in the city ofChicago, but it will likely still cost you. The Chicago...

Growing up LGBT in America: Youth Survey Report

New CDC Report Shines Light on Teen Suicide Trends

The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States 2011, published last week...

Marijuana Possession Should be Decriminalized, Says New York Governor

Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his support of a change to state law that would decriminalize the possession of...

Teen Pot Smokers More Likely to Have Children Who Abuse Drugs

According to a recent National Institutes of Health-funded study, mothers using marijuana during their teen years may have a greater likelihood of giving...

Fake Pot Once Again for Sale in Georgia Despite Ban

Packages of synthetic marijuana are once again available for sale legally, despite a law passed in March banning the drug, because manufacturers...

Drug Courts Effective, New Report Finds

New federal research is giving momentum to the call for reduced penalties and more rehabilitation for drug offenders – including juveniles –...

Department of Justice: The Benefits of Specialized Drug Courts

Report Finds Wide Misuse of Prescription Painkillers by Teens

According to two recently published studies, prescription painkiller misuse by teenagers is on the rise, with as many as 13 percent of...

Analyzing State Differences in Child Well-Being

Controversial ‘Abstinence Only’ Sex Ed Law Draws Praise, Criticism in Tenn.

Earlier this month, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a controversial new sex education law. According to the bill, the new law “exclusively...

Majority of Young Adults Don’t Know Enough About Birth Control Methods, Study Finds

A majority of young adults don’t know enough about contraceptives, according to results from a new Guttmacher Institute study. Six in 10...

Bullying Legislation: A Q&A With Child Advocate Judge Gail Garinger

Leonard Witt, executive director of the Center for Sustainable Journalism and publisher of Youth Today and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange recently...