All posts tagged "Mental Health"

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...

Federal Bullying/Drug Program Chief Draws Fire

A Fact Sheet Reporting National, State, and City Trends in Teen Childbearing

  Child Trends In 2007, the second year in a row that the U.S. teen birth date increased after a 14-year decline,...

KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Teen Birth Rate

  Annie E. Casey Foundation Data collected in 2006 by the U.N. Statistics Division show teen birth rates in the United States...

Poverty in the United States, 2008

  Urban Institute Nearly 40 million Americans, including 14 million children, were living in poverty in 2008, an increase to 13.2 percent...

Individual and Social Influences on Progression to Daily Smoking During Adolescence

  American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...

Habla Con Tus Hijos

http://www.hablacontushijos.org This new site marks the launch of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America’s campaign to engage Spanish-speaking parents in the effort...

Seda’s Story: A Memoir

  Edited by Bonnie MacLachlanSumach Press135 pages. $18.95 paperback. Recognizing Seda’s “gift for writing,” Professor Bonnie MacLachlan mentored her sensitive Persian-Canadian student...

Vernon Forrest, Boxer and Champion for Kids, Killed

  Vernon Forrest, a former world welterweight and junior middleweight boxing champion who was shot to death during a robbery in Atlanta...

My mom’s addiction hurt me, but we’ve found a way to be close

  Rise, New York When I was little, I would sit in my room and wonder why my life was not like...

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009

  Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics An annual federal interagency report shows a few small changes in the well-being...

A Video Essay on Teenage Grief

Hospice Volunteer Services of Addison CountyMcMulti Production, distributed by Fanlight Productions75 minutes. DVD $249. When sisters Amanda and Meghan were in elementary...

Individual and Social Influences on Progression to Daily Smoking During Adolescence

  American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...

Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood

  Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...

Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood

  Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...

Major Depressive Episode and Treatment among Adolescents

  U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Less than half of the estimated 2 million American youths who experienced a...

Youth Development Approach: Turning Crisis into Opportunity

  National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) HIV and STD health education programs that promote improved well-being are more...

Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy

Edited by Saul D. Hoffman and Rebecca A. Maynard The Urban Institute Press448 pages. $34.50 paperback. Despite a 36 percent drop between...

How I Am (Wie Ich Bin)

Ingrid Demetz, Caroline Leitner, Daniel Mazza Fanlight Productions49 minutes. DVD $249. These words appear on the screen as outstretched hands catch snowflakes:...

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics An annual federal inter-agency report shows a few small changes in the well-being of...