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School-based intervention is a promising model for improving adolescent sleep habits
Mar 01, 2009 |
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A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that a school-based sleep intervention is a promising model for addressing adolescent sleep problems, given its high retention rate, cost-effectiveness and potential for pr ...
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New study finds mums not to blame for anxious kids
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mothers of anxious children are often concerned they are somehow contributing to their child’s anxiety by being over-protective or over-involved.
The developing child: Rating aggressive and delinquent behavior in pre-adolescence
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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In a study published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry researchers show that over reactive parenting, such as heavy criticism or yelling as a response to a child's negative behavior, can pr ...
Why are some young victims of domestic violence resilient?
Apr 29, 2009 |
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More than 10 million U.S. children witness domestic violence yearly, resulting in a range of emotional and behavioral problems. A new study suggests that the reason some of these children are resilient is because of their ...
Depression and anxiety disorders of adolescents are not the same thing
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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Adolescent depression and anxiety disorders are two distinct psychiatric disorders, according to Dr. William W. Hale III (a researcher of the Langeveld Institute for the Study of Education and Development in Childhood and ...
Laughter Differs In Children With Autism
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Jul 10, 2009 |
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According to a recent paper entitled "Laughter Differs in Children with Autism: An Acoustic Analysis of Laughter Produced by Children with and without the Disorder" in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, childr ...
Wrong type of help from parents could worsen child's OCD
Jun 17, 2009 |
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For most parents, soothing a child's anxiety is just part of the job. But for a parent whose child has obsessive-compulsive disorder, soothing anxiety and helping with behaviors linked to the disease could lead to more severe ...
Where's the science? The sorry state of psychotherapy
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but many are falling ...
High-quality child care leads to academic success for low-income kids
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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For low income parents, finding high quality child care not only boosts the performance of their children in school, but actually combats the effects of poverty, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.
Couples with children with ADHD at risk of higher divorce rates, shorter marriages
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Oct 21, 2008 |
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Parents of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly twice as likely to divorce by the time the child is 8 years old than parents of children without ADHD, the first study to look at this issue ...
Researchers investigate prenatal smoking link with antisocial behavior in children
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A Cardiff University research project has for the first time studied whether smoking during pregnancy can directly make children more likely to behave anti-socially.
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