All posts tagged "Mental Health"

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Condom Nation: The U.S. Government’s Sex Education Campaign from World War I to the Internet

    Alexandra M. LordThe Johns Hopkins University Press224 pages. $40. This fascinating history of the past hundred years of sex education in...

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  CASA, Join Together Split

  Note: This story has been updated since its original posting. Last year’s much-heralded merger of the National Center on Addiction and Substance...

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  Study Shows Abstinence Education Can Delay Sex by Young Teens

  A new federally funded study released this week provides the first clear evidence that  abstinence-only education can delay sexual activity in young...

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  Is Abstinence-Only Locked Out of Federal Funding?

  Click Image for PDF of Chart A new $110 million appropriation for teen pregnancy prevention in the 2010 federal budget, along with...

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  The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty: Poverty Statistics for 2008 and Growth in Need during 2009

    Brookings Institution and First FocusU.S. Census Bureau Two new research reports provide evidence of the impact of the recession on child...

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  How to Talk to Families About Child and Adolescent Mental Illness

    Diane T. Marsh, Melissa J. MarksW.W. Norton252 pages. $21.95 paperback. Six million children and adolescents in the United States – one...

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  Alcohol at Wit’s End

  Geoff Gray-LeeWCEE.net/Abject Street MediaStreet Media33 minutes. DVD $149.95. The scene opens in a police station as a teenage prisoner responds to his...

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  Teen Births and Abortions Are Up

  Teen pregnancy and abortion rates are on the rise, according to a new report, but it’s hard to know exactly why. The...

• More Thoughts on the Sexual Victimization Survey

  The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has just released its first-ever nationwide survey of youth about sexual victimization in juvenile facilities, which...

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  One in Eight Juveniles Report Sexual Victimization in Large Facilities

  Twelve percent – or about one in eight – of youths held in large juvenile facilities in the U.S. report being victimized...

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  New Teen Pregnancy Funds Revive Sex Ed Debate

  A new $110 million appropriation for teen pregnancy prevention and the Obama administration’s elimination of funds for abstinence-only education has revived what...

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  Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens’ Decisions About Sex

    Child Trends A new study of the relationship between parental roles and teen decisions on sex revealed that the two are...

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  Teens’ Attitudes About Drugs Worry Health Researchers

  Teens in recent years have become more indifferent to the harms associated with drug use and abuse, according to the 2009 Monitoring...

• Weekly Notes: Funding for JJ research announced; Obama to start from scratch in OJJDP seach?; findings from major study on juvenile offenders; and more

  Couple of quick-hit notes today ***The Senate Judiciary Committee did not mark up the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization at...

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  Lifelines: Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections

  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing  the importance of...

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  American Legacy and the “truth”: Your Letters

    We are concerned by the inaccuracies and innuendo in your series of articles, “The Truth About American Legacy” [October]. • The...

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  Alcohol Promotion on Facebook

    Marin Institute The Marin Institute, which calls itself the “alcohol industry watchdog, ” calls for Facebook to ban all alcohol-related content...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Unfolding Lives: Youth, Gender and Change

  Rachel ThomsonThe Policy Press, distributed by International Specialized Book Services202 pages. $89.95. In 1996, the 10-year “Inventing Adulthoods” longitudinal study began following...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  The Truth About American Legacy

  The American Legacy Foundation is a rare example of a public charity being born with a silver spoon. Even before it began...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Healton: An Ex-Smoker Sees Hope

    Healton: “Going against the tobacco industry is a marathon.” By Michael Anft  At her offices along Massachusetts Avenue, in the heart of...