All posts tagged "Mental Health"

• Opinion

  The Youth “Mental Health Crisis” Hoax

  In the United States, “action” consists not of taking constructive measures to fix a troubling social problem, but designating a powerless scapegoat...

• ► Reports

  An Action Plan for Behavioral Health Workforce Development Strengthening Professional Identity: Challenges of the Addictions Treatment Workforce

  U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration These two resources can help mental health and substance abuse professionals organize and strengthen...

• ► Reports

  Focal Point: Traumatic Stress/Child Welfare

  Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health The winter 2007 edition of the semiannual magazine Focal Point highlights...

• News

  Substance Abuse Interventions for Young Offenders

  Juvenile and Family Court Journal The article looks at the early success indicators of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Reclaiming Futures initiative...

• News

  2007 Report: Child and Youth Well-Being Index, 1975-2005

  The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) Following an upward trend that peaked in the early 2000s, improvements in the quality of life...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light

  Vanessa Vega American Management Association 220 pages. $21.95. A look at the dangerous world of self-cutting, a way of suppressing serious emotional...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Darkness Calls

  The Healthy Aboriginal Network 42 pages. $5.35. (Bulk prices available.) A terrific artistic rendering of a struggle faced by many Native American...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Don’t Stress Out About It: Stress Management for Teens

  Aquarius 45 minutes. $145. A simple presentation about the stresses that teens routinely deal with, such as weight gain, home strife and...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens

  Bev Cobain Free Spirit 145 pages. $14.95. If there is a “light” way to broach the subjects of depression and suicide, Cobain...

• News

  Abstinence Ed’s Nightmare

  “I am really pissed off!” That’s Althea McMillan, who runs an abstinence-only education program in Miami, virtually shouting back at a wave...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Gay Youth Storm U.S. State Capitals as Movement’s Newest Ambassadors

  International Herald Tribune/The Associated Press Teens are becoming the new face of the gay rights movement in the United States, reflecting a...

• News

  Assessing the Well-Being of Adolescents: Guides for Out-of School Time Program Practitioners

  Child Trends Three new Research-to-Results briefs from the nonprofit Child Trends offer research-based advice and assistance to after-school practitioners charged with looking...

• News

  State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2004-2005 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health

  U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) This annual national survey provides state-level rates for 23 measures of substance use...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  In the Mood for Evidence

  When Michael Young attended the first Abstinence Education Evaluation Conference in 2005, it “was almost like a pep rally for abstinence,” he...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Adolescent Sexuality: A Historical Handbook and Guide

  Edited by Carolyn CoccaPraeger Publishers188 pages. $59.95. An in-depth look at the historical progression and culture of adolescent sexuality. The first section...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Out Law: What LGBT Youth Should Know about Their Legal Rights

  Lisa KeenBeacon Press153 pages. $13. This guide for LGBT youth outlines their legal rights in simple, comprehensive language, explaining how specific laws...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Nineline

  Through this electronic version of its counseling hotline, (800) 999-9999, the nonprofit Covenant House tries to help youth in crisis over families,...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Drug Prevention News Wire

  The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy has launched a free RSS news feature about drug education and prevention. Users can...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for April 2002

    Education BBC Education Online: Count Me Inwww.bbc.co.uk/education/revisewise is a part of BBC Online’s enormous education site dedicated to children. Created as...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Taryn Roberts

  Taryn Roberts Chapter Support Coordinator Idaho Drug Free Youth Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (208) 664-4339 http://www.idahodrugfreeyouth.org Age: 22 Salary: $4,000 a year, for...