All posts tagged "Mental Health"

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  Four Times More Florida Deaths from Legal, than Illegal, Drugs

  Florida had four times as many deaths from legal drugs as illegal drugs in 2009, according to a report from the federal...

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  America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011

  Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics The largest annual collection of indicators on the health, behavior and circumstances of American...

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  Rising Enrollments of Students with Disabilities at Higher Education Institutions

  Institute of Education Sciences College and other post-secondary enrollments of students with disabilities continue to rise in the United States – with...

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  Developing a Tool for Assessing Risk of Inpatients’ Aggressive Behavior

  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law This study assessed the Brief Rating of Aggression by Children and Adolescents...

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  Treatment of Abuse of Drugs Like Xanax and Valium Is Up Sharply

  Treatment for abusing benzodiazepine – a class of drugs including Xanax, Valium and Halcion that is commonly used to treat insomnia, seizures...

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  Student Health Essential to Increase Academic Performance

  California Healthy Students Research Project The California Healthy Students Research Project is aimed at finding a link between student performance and physical...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Walsh Act update, new funds from OJJDP, and more

  ***Well, National Hamburger Day (May 28) came and went with no announcement on who might lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Anti-Bullying Programs Pushed Aside by Federal Budget Woes

  Note: This story originally appeared on the website of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange On March 10, President Obama turned up the...

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  More Fruits and Vegetables in School Lunches but No New Money for Kitchen Improvements

  Many school districts don’t have the money for equipment or training to implement the new dietary guidelines for the national school lunch...

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  Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Aged 12 to 14

  The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Report, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration This report recommends more study of prevention and...

• The Straight Dope on Fake Dope

  [This article was reprinted with permission from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange] In Jordan Cox’s view, it was a waste of money....

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  Stress May Intensify Depression in Abused Children

  Maltreatment or abuse may cause stress-triggered reactions in children that can push them into worsening levels of depression, according to a study...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Adolescence & Other Temporary Mental Disorders

  Adolescence & Other Temporary Mental DisordersProduced by Barbara Lonnborg and Eli HernandezBoys Town Press1 hour, 15 minutes. DVD. This talk by Patrick...

• Book Reviews

  Jumping Off Swings

  Jumping Off SwingsJo KnowlesCandlewick Press230 pages. The age-old story of sexual exploration and its shifting allegiances and emotions comes alive through the...

• The Gordon Gekkos of Child Welfare Compare Notes

  One of the great things about the annual conference of the Child Welfare League of America – okay, the only great thing...

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  Second Chance Homes: A Resource for Teen Mothers

  Child Trends Studies of facilities such as Second Chance Homes – a new version of  maternity group homes that provide a supportive...

• News

  Cities Discuss Plans to Curb Youth Violence at Justice Department Forum

  Pastor Billy Kyles, asked to deliver the keynote address at this week’s National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, talked to the audience...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Value of Drug Courts Called into Question by Two Reports

  Criminal drug courts, a 22-year-old strategy to keep low-level drug offenders out of the justice system, are not as effective as they...

• Georgia Could Become “Asylum State” for Juvenile Delinquents

  [This article was reprinted with permission from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange] Georgia is set to become the go-to state for delinquent...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Schumer Bill Would Expand Affordable Background Checks for Youth Providers

  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill on Friday to take to scale a long-running pilot project that provides youth-serving organizations with...