All posts tagged "Mental Health"

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  Abstinence Education: Assessing the Evidence

  Almost 7,000 teenagers become sexually active every day, and with that comes an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases, lower academic achievement...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals

  Stephanie Brill, Rachel PepperCleis Press252 pages. $16.95. This groundbreaking guide can change our perception of the male/female social order. As co-founder of...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Parrotfish

  Ellen WittlingerSimon & Schuster294 pages. $16.99. On the Monday after Thanksgiving of junior year, Angela trades a bra for an Ace bandage...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Real People: Legal But Dangerous: OTC and Rx Drugs

  Sunburst Media22 minutes. DVD/VHS packaged together, $129.95. In a roundtable discussion, eleven high school students reveal common practices among peers who abuse...

• Research

  2008 KIDS COUNT Databook

  Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)Available at http://www.kidscount.org/datacenter/databook.jsp The 19th KIDS COUNT Data Book continues the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual state-by-state tracking...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Should I Mention Depression on My College Application?

  U.S. News & World Report In the wake of last year’s shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech, more colleges and...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  A New Kind of Smoking?

  Heed my cautionary tale about how ideology sabotages insights. Back in 2000, I set out to prove that cigarette smoking, like other...

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  Lesbian and Gay Youths’ Aspirations for Marriage and Raising Children

  Rockway Institute In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers have found that many lesbian and gay...

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  A Forty-Year Update of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders: Preliminary Findings

  The Eisenhower Foundation From 1968 to 2006, the child poverty rate rose from 15 percent to 17 percent, four times the rate...

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  The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children

  First Focus Two million children’s families will lose their homes to foreclosures in 2008 and 2009, estimates First Focus – an event...

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  Residential Facilities: Improved Data and Enhanced Oversight Would Help Safeguard the Well-Being of Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Challenges

  The number of state-reported fatalities of youth in residential facilities, by agency and facility type. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Federal investigations...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Crystal Fear, Crystal Clear

  Eva WundermanSpeed Productions/Fanlight Productions45 minutes. VHS $199; DVD $229. Rentals available. Wunderman’s documentary follows the lives of three young methamphetamine users and...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

  http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org Launched last fall by several foundations, including the Annie E. Casey and Eos foundations, this site addresses poverty issues in the...

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  Meeting the Mental Health and Developmental Needs of Adopted Children

  Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Noting the significantly higher risk of medical and psychological issues for children adopted from the child welfare...

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  Volumetric MRI Study of Brain in Children with Intrauterine Exposure to Cocaine, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana

  Children’s Hospital Boston Prenatal exposure to drugs, alcohol and tobacco continues to affect the brain into early adolescence, say researchers who used...

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  Geography Matters; Child Well-Being in the States

  Every Child Matters Education Fund The well-being of children in different states can vary greatly, finds this report, which ranks states on...

• Research

  Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy

  University of Washington, Seattle Available at http://www.planetwire.org/files.fcgi/7689_Ab_Only_Ed_Kohler_.pdf Yet another study has confirmed that abstinence-only programs have a minimal effect on risky sexual...

• News

  Washington Targets Behavior Modification Programs

  Privately-run behavior modification programs would face tougher federal scrutiny if a bill proposed by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) becomes law. The Stop...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Agencies Host Public Talks About Drinking

  Community-based organizations are hosting 1,602 town hall meetings around the country to discuss underage drinking, in a biennial, 50-state effort supported by...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  State, Families at Odds over Mental Care for Foster Kids

  Arizona Republic In order to make it more attractive for families to adopt foster children, Arizona says it will provide monthly stipends...