Sentences with phrase «adolescent health shows»

A study in the Journal of Adolescent Health shows negative experiences on Facebook, in particular, can be linked to an increase in depression among young adults.

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Lynda Cruz struggled to control his behavior at least from the time he was an adolescent, despite periodic interventions by mental health counselors and law enforcement authorities, records show.

Cruz was treated for depression and attention deficit disorder, and his mother found it increasingly difficult to control his behavior from the time he was an adolescent, despite periodic interventions by mental health counselors and law enforcement authorities, records show.

The Northwestern study said most teenagers found the show was a positive contributor to an honest mental - health and trauma - centric dialogue, but these efforts show (thankfully) the program won't ignore the viewers not in that majority (or not in the study's target demographic of adolescents or young - adult viewers).

Also keep this in mind: «As long as your baby is gaining weight consistently and his diapers show that he is eating enough, you can assume that he's getting plenty of milk,» says Jeanette Panchula, R.N., P.H.N., I.B.C.L.C., a lactation consultant at the Solano County Department of Public Health and the California Department of Public Health's Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health division.

There is a body of evidence showing the benefits of synchronizing education times with teens» body clocks; interestingly, while «studies of later start times have consistently reported benefits to adolescent sleep health and learning, there [is no evidence] showing early starts have a positive impact on such things», add the researchers.

«This is a preliminary study, but it shows that the HEART intervention can make a difference in the sexual health of adolescent girls,» Widman says.

Blum said the work shows a need to rethink adolescent health interventions, which typically focus on youth 15 years or older, so that they target a much younger age group.

A new American Cancer Society study shows that uninsured adolescents and young adults were far more likely to be diagnosed with late - stage cancer, which is more difficult and expensive to treat and more deadly, compared to young patients with health insurance.

«Boys and girls in countries rich and poor enter teens with damaging gender stereotypes firmly set: Researchers say 15 - country investigation shows adolescent interventions should begin with preteens to avoid health risks of «gender straitjackets» that include abuse and suicide.»

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

High intensity interval training (HIIT) has been studied extensively and shows compelling fat - loss, fitness and health benefits for people ranging from adolescents, athletes, weekend warriors, and those with health challenges.1, 2 A review of the literature shows us that: In healthy populations and athletes HIIT results in similar, and perhaps greater improvements in... Continue reading «How HIIT training can help you to lose fat and improve your health and fitness in (almost) no time at all!»

High intensity interval training (HIIT) has been studied extensively and shows compelling fat - loss, fitness and health benefits for people ranging from adolescents, athletes, weekend warriors, and those with health challenges.1, 2 A review of the literature shows us that:

Syda - Productions / ShutterstockSleep has been a hot topic over the past few years, and with good reason: According to the National Institute of Health, more than one - third of adults don't get the recommended 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night, and evidence shows that even children and adolescents sleep less than needed.

New report finds 1 % of Kooth online counselling registrants are agender or gender fluid, compared to 0.02 % which have a gender listed as «other» in NHS Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) A report published today by Education Policy Institute (EPI) shows over 280 users of Kooth online counselling, a service for children and -LSB-...]

It would be valuable to further trace some of the pathways through late adolescent and early adult experiences to the health outcomes, through experiences such as unemployment, socioeconomic status and own housing circumstances which have been shown to be powerful correlates of mental well - being and many other adult outcomes in the 1958 cohort.50 As few explanations were provided for gendered patterning of health inequalities, particularly mental well - being, these remain priorities for further research.

Two parent - reported indicators of adolescent physical health showed positive change for Completers compared to Non-Completers.

Advances in prevention in public health2 provide a model for prevention of adolescent health - risk behaviors by focusing on risk and protective factors predictive of these behaviors.3, 4 Research on the predictors of school failure, delinquency, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence indicates that many of the same factors predict these different outcomes.5, 6 Recent research has shown that bonding to school and family protects against a broad range of health - risk behaviors in adoles cence.6 Yet, prevention studies typically have focused narrowly on a specific outcome, such as preventing substance abuse, and on attitudes and social influences that predict that outcome.7, 8 Previous studies on prevention have not sought to address the shared risk and protective factors for diverse health - risk behaviors that are the main threats to adolescent health.

Studies show that adolescents want to discuss issues with health professionals, but often they do not.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

In line with the positive influence of social support, the maintenance of close ethnic community ties has also been shown to be a protective factor to mental health in children and adolescents, alongside cultural and religious traditions which assist to restore continuity in the past and present (Punamaki, 1996; Rousseau, 1995; Sack, 1995).

Reviews and meta - analyses of the prevention of substance abuse (Gottfredson & Wilson, 2003; Lochman & van den Steenhoven, 2002), violence and antisocial behavior (Fagan & Catalano, 2013; Wilson, Lipsey, & Derzon, 2003), poor mental health (Greenberg et al., 2001; Hoagwood et al., 2007), and positive youth development (Catalano, Berglund, Ryan, Lonczak, & Hawkins, 2004) have shown that both universal and targeted prevention programs can substantially reduce the rate of problem behaviors and symptoms, as well as build protective factors that reduce further risk in child and adolescent populations.

Previous studies suggested that early childhood trauma can lead to an array of negative health outcomes and behaviors, including substance abuse, among both adolescents and adults.22 — 25 For example, childhood physical and sexual abuse has been shown to be associated with illegal drug use.26 — 28 Although these studies provide evidence that most substance abusers come from abusive homes, many of these studies have taken a «categorical» approach to examine the relationship between 1 or 2 forms of these childhood exposures and subsequent drug abuse; few studies have examined illicit drug use and abuse in relation to multiple disturbing or stressful childhood exposures.

Studies completed in Canada and USA have shown that mental health among the adolescent population is a public health issue (6, 7).

We have established that families with an adolescent with CFS show a reduced internal health control in comparison with healthy families.

Conclusions: In comparison with healthy adolescents, adolescents with CFS and their parents show less internal health control.

Whereas adolescents from democratic households reported the most favorable health outcomes, adolescents from authoritarian, overprotective, and psychologically controlling families (all characterized by relatively high levels of psychological control) showed an increased risk for poor perceived health over time.

This course will help make even your most challenging child and adolescent clients easier to treat by showing you step by step how you can use DBT in a fluid and flexible way specific to your client population — so you can help transform treatment outcomes and improve the health, well - being and happiness of today's youth.

They show the best treatments and the range of treatment options available to families living with childhood and adolescent mental illness.Considered resources for experts, mental health professional and physicians, AACAP's Practice Parameters were developed to guide clinical decision making.

Home visiting, evidence - based parenting programmes and multicomponent interventions have been shown to be effective in other parts of the world.45 Given the wide number of contexts in which abuse occurs, these services should be integrated with education, family health services such as maternal health, early childhood development, immunisations and adolescent health services as suggested by a recent Child Maltreatment Readiness Assessment in South Africa.46

intensive mobile youth outreach services providing intensive outreach mental health case management and support to adolescents who are showing substantial and prolonged psychological disturbance, and have complex needs that may include challenging, at - risk and suicidal behaviours

Adolescent focused therapy (AFT) 16 has been shown to be similarly effective compared with FBT but outcomes are better for FBT at 6 and 12 months.17 It is therefore a valuable alternative when family dynamics are such that they interfere with treatment or if the family is unable to commit to FBT, perhaps due to ill health.

The Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent) topic area is relevant to child welfare because documented research shows that children who enter the child welfare system, particularly those that are removed from their home, experience a significantly higher rate of mental health problems, including disruptive behavior than children in the general population.

For the child care professions, such as social work, child and adolescent mental health services, and all professionals involved in implementing the Children Act, the last decade has been a particularly exciting one, with research from a variety of sources definitively showing associations between certain aspects of parenting and the emotional, social, and educational development of children.

«Studies show that adolescents whose parents are anxious or depressed are at elevated risk of doing poorly in school, adopting risky behaviors, and developing lifelong health and mental health problems.»

Results showed that children and adolescents with short stature report significant HrQoL impairments in comparison to children with normal height, while differences in mental health were apparent at specific subscale levels.

Social support was measured with Barrera's Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule, which assesses the adolescent's perceived support satisfaction and need.27 To measure mental health, we used the MHI - 5, a short form of the RAND Mental Health Inventory (MHI), which has been shown to be highly predictive of depressive disorders and has been validated and recommended for use with adolescents.28, 29 When MHI scores are transformed linearly to a common metric, 30 they range from 0 (worst) to 100 (health, we used the MHI - 5, a short form of the RAND Mental Health Inventory (MHI), which has been shown to be highly predictive of depressive disorders and has been validated and recommended for use with adolescents.28, 29 When MHI scores are transformed linearly to a common metric, 30 they range from 0 (worst) to 100 (Health Inventory (MHI), which has been shown to be highly predictive of depressive disorders and has been validated and recommended for use with adolescents.28, 29 When MHI scores are transformed linearly to a common metric, 30 they range from 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

In this study, we used school - functioning as a measure of adolescent well - being and showed that «family exposure» to the disaster influenced adolescent school - functioning up to 10 years both directly and indirectly through a combination of parental mental health and adolescent behavior and mental health.

Studies also show strong associations between adolescents» experiences of the social climate in school, social relationships and mental health outcomes.4 — 9 Poor relationships are connected to worse health outcomes, 3,8,10,11 in particular for strained relationships.12 Also, there seems to be a connection between disempowerment from teachers and strained peer relationships.13

This work has recently been extended by the adoption of a public health model for the delivery of parenting support with parents of younger children.9, 11,40 Various epidemiological surveys show that most parents concerned about their children's behaviour or adjustment do not receive professional assistance for these problems, and when they do, they typically consult family doctors or teachers who rarely have specialized training in parent consultation skills.10 Most of the family - based programmes targeting adolescents are only available to selective subpopulations of adolescents (those who have identified risk factors) and / or indicated subgroups of youth (those who already possess negative symptoms or detectable problems).

Results of this study show that peer - victimization carries a serious risk for mental health problems in adolescents.

Talking about problems has been linked to more positive mental health outcomes in young people [47 - 49], and this particular item has previously been shown to a key indicator of mental health status in a sample of Irish adolescents [25].

A pilot randomised trial of developmental group psychotherapy compared with routine care in 63 adolescents referred with repeated self harm to child and adolescent mental health services25 showed a significant relative reduction of repeated self harm over 29 weeks of follow - up (2/31 in developmental group psychotherapy versus 10/31 in routine care; odds ratio 6.3; 95 % CI 1.4 to 28.7).

Both adolescent groups have consistently been shown to be more vulnerable to poor health outcomes [19, 23 — 24].