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Children and Teens News Articles

Warning Signs of School Shootings

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
There have been at least a dozen school shootings in American schools and universities within the past three years, resulting in the deaths of more than 50 students. In 1998 Oregon’s ...  Read more... »

Adopted Children at Risk for ADHD, Other Mental Disorders

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
American teens who were adopted as babies are at greater risk for emotional and behavioral problems than those who were not adopted, according to new research. The researchers are quick to note ...  Read more... »

Anti-psychotic Drug Prescriptions Soar in U.K. Children

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
New research shows that children in the U.S. are six times more likely to be prescribed an anti-psychotic medication compared to children in the U.K. Scientists at the University of London’s Pharmacy ...  Read more... »

One-Third of Parents Clueless About Their Baby

Monday, May 5th, 2008
A new study has found that nearly one-third of U.S. parents have little low-level knowledge of their infant's developmental stages and hold unrealistic expectations about their baby's physical, social and emotion ...  Read more... »

Parental Mental Health Linked to Autism in Children

Monday, May 5th, 2008
A new analysis of birth and hospital records shows that parents with autistic children were roughly twice as likely to have been hospitalized for a mental disorder than parents with children ...  Read more... »

Insights on Women and Depression

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
A new educational brochure discussing the many dimension of major depression in women is now available from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The booklet highlights the fact that an estimated ...  Read more... »

Programs to Reduce Eating Disorders and Obesity

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
New research suggests educating adolescents on ways to adopt a healthier lifestyle can provide significant dividends in adulthood. Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientists have developed interventions that help young women reduce the ...  Read more... »

Genes Drive Transition From Social Drinker to Alcoholism

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
The debate between the role of nature and nurture on the transition from taking a first drink to becoming addicted is clarified in a new study of young women. A ...  Read more... »

Memory Research Improves Knowledge of ADD

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
A new study finds that the average person can keep just three or four things in their "working memory" or conscious mind at one time. Researchers believe this finding may lead to ...  Read more... »

Bullying in Childhood Can Damage Young Adults

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Children who are the target of rumors and gossip are at risk of depression and anxiety in early adulthood, finds a new University of Florida study. Investigators studied 210 college students ...  Read more... »