Sentences with phrase «youth mental health problems»

Finally, we found little evidence of an association between distal or proximal effects of parental alcohol use on youth mental health problems which have previously been shown in children of alcoholics to be largely related to distal factors for both externalizing and internalizing symptoms [51,52].

In this study, we extend previous work, that has used the ALSPAC sample, to examine parental alcohol use in the antenatal period e.g., [6,7,21 — 23] by focusing on the association between parental alcohol use during childhood and longitudinal trajectories of youth mental health problems.

However, many remain critical of Canada's record at integrating research and practice in the prevention of child and youth mental health problems (Davidson 2011; Kutcher 2011; Kutcher and Davidson 2007; McLennan et al. 2004) because in widely disseminated programs, rigorous evaluation, or even minimal evidence of effectiveness, is frequently absent (Cooper et al. 2000; Smith et al. 2003).

A mobile phone application for the assessment and management of youth mental health problems in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.

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Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

Therefore, in order to reduce rates of behavioural and mental health problems among children and youth, broad based community and family intervention strategies, that encourage breastfeeding amongst other strategies, are likely be the most effective approaches.

· Mentality (Bristol) A youth leadership project concerned with challenging negative attitudes surrounding the issue of mental health, raising awareness about mental health problems, providing support and advice for young people, and opening up a frank public discussion.

In April 2012, NICE announced that, following a topic referral from the Department of Health, people working in health, youth and criminal justice, education and social care sectors would be given NICE guidance on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and early treatment of mental health problems of offeHealth, people working in health, youth and criminal justice, education and social care sectors would be given NICE guidance on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and early treatment of mental health problems of offehealth, youth and criminal justice, education and social care sectors would be given NICE guidance on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and early treatment of mental health problems of offehealth problems of offenders.

The study examines the development of mental health problems and resilience among at - risk youth.

Sixty - eight per cent of younger youth (ages 14 - 18) had forgone needed mental health care in the last 12 months, and 34 per cent did not seek professional care for physical problems even when it was needed.

A new study has confirmed that transgender youth often have mental health problems and that their depression and anxiety improve greatly with recognition and treatment of gender dysphoria.

As part of an effort last month to promote awareness of children's mental - health problems, the agency examined the outcomes of youths ages 14 to...

Currently in the UK, the picture of youths» wellbeing and mental health remains patchy and overall quite bleak, with an estimated one in ten children estimated to have been clinically diagnosed with either a mental health disorder and / or emotional or behavioural problems, according to the BBC.

Opened in 1957, it was designed to be «more clinic, than court,» fostering a child - centred approach to youth justice that aims to address the underlying factors that lead young people to conflict with the law, including problems at home, poverty and under - housing, substance use and mental health issues.

SB 6595 also addresses the ability to transfer criminal cases from one court to another court that has a «problem solving court» defined as including a drug court, domestic violence court, youth court, mental health court, and veterans court.

It includes recommendations to increase the availability of programs to divert people living with mental health problems and illnesses from the corrections system, provide appropriate mental health services in the youth and adult criminal justice system and ensuring that comprehensive discharge plans are in place, address gaps in treatment programs for offenders with serious and complex mental health needs, increase the role of the «civil» mental health system in providing services, and provide training about mental - health problems and illnesses to those working in the criminal justice system.

The publication upon which this course is based reviews effectiveness of programs that use a strength - based family approach to promoting mental wellness and preventing mental health problems among at - risk children and youth.

Comorbid mental health symptoms were common: 28 % of youth reported significant externalizing symptoms or conduct problems (eg, disobedient, stealing, aggression), 60 22 % screened positive for posttraumatic stress disorder, 61 25 % endorsed 1 or more indicators of problematic substance use, 62 27 % reported suicidal ideation, 60 and 13 % reported suicide attempts or deliberate self - harm (defined as some suicidal ideation plus some suicide attempt or deliberate self - harm during the previous 6 months on the Youth Self Report).60 About 22 % reported specialty mental health care and psychotherapy / counseling in the past 6 months, and 16 % reported medication treatment in the past 6 moyouth reported significant externalizing symptoms or conduct problems (eg, disobedient, stealing, aggression), 60 22 % screened positive for posttraumatic stress disorder, 61 25 % endorsed 1 or more indicators of problematic substance use, 62 27 % reported suicidal ideation, 60 and 13 % reported suicide attempts or deliberate self - harm (defined as some suicidal ideation plus some suicide attempt or deliberate self - harm during the previous 6 months on the Youth Self Report).60 About 22 % reported specialty mental health care and psychotherapy / counseling in the past 6 months, and 16 % reported medication treatment in the past 6 moYouth Self Report).60 About 22 % reported specialty mental health care and psychotherapy / counseling in the past 6 months, and 16 % reported medication treatment in the past 6 months.

A substantial body of research indicates that regardless of race and age, female offenders have higher rates of mental health problems, both internalizing and externalizing, than male offenders.19 In a study of serious «deep - end» offenders, females exhibited both more externalizing problems and more internalizing problems than males.20 Moreover, a recent study using common measures and a demographically matched sample of community and detained youth found that gender differences were greater among detained youth than among community youth, with detained girls having more symptoms of mental illness than would be predicted on the basis of gender or setting alone.21

Youth who enter the juvenile justice system have high rates of mental health problems.

Australia's national youth mental health survey reported that these affect one in every seven children aged 4 - 17 years.5 Similar rates are reported internationally.6, 7,8 Emotional problems include anxiety and depression.

Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk population.

Identifying Mental Health and Substance Use Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child - Serving Organizations (PDF - 2,954 KB) Holt (2011) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk populHealth and Substance Use Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child - Serving Organizations (PDF - 2,954 KB) Holt (2011) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk popProblems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child - Serving Organizations (PDF - 2,954 KB) Holt (2011) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk populHealth Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk populHealth Services Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk populhealth and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk popproblems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk population.

Results identified two groups of youths: the first, a majority of the youths, who had high levels of delinquency, mental health, and substance abuse issues; and the second, youths with low levels of these problems.

Victims have been shown to experience more post-traumatic stress and dissociation symptoms than non-abused children, 8 as well as more depression and conduct problems.9 They engage more often in at - risk sexual behaviours.10 Victims are also more prone to abusing substances, 11 and to suicide attempts.12 These mental health problems are likely to continue into adulthood.13 CSA victims are also more at risk than non-CSA youth to experience violence in their early romantic relationships; 14 women exposed to CSA have a two to three-fold risk of being sexually revictimized in adulthood compared with women without a history of CSA exposure.15

«Youth self - report (YSR)» [21], used here in an abbreviated Swedish version [22], measures mental health symptoms and problems.

A CBT based youth mental health programme that can be used with small groups of adolescents to build coping capacity, promote positive emotional health and to support them in overcoming specific problems.

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.

The workers have specialist knowledge in all areas of child, youth and family mental health — including depression, anxiety, and behavioural problems.

A consortium of national bodies, clinical services and Deakin University will conduct a multi-centre evaluation of a family - based intervention for families who have youth with identified mental health problems but refuse services.

This study (NIDA #R01DA025616) is a randomized clinical trial (RCT) that will compare an experimental treatment (OutPatient Treatment for Adolescents) to an «active placebo» on key indices (drug use; mental health; behavioral, school, peer, and family functioning; and consumer satisfaction) from pre-treatment through 18 months in order to evaluate its efficacy for youth referred to outpatient treatment of co-occurring substance use and internalizing problems.

The paper suggests potential directions, such as whether school - wide mindfulness training at a key developmental stage could be more effective than interventions for at - risk youth or those who already have developed mental health problems.

Mental health problems affect around one in five youth in Australia and internationally, 1 with major personal, societal and economic ramifications.2 3 Children's mental health problems are primarily externalising (eg, oppositional defiance, aggression) and internalising (eg, anxiety, depression) problems.1 Up to 50 % of preschool behaviour problems persist through childhood if left untreated, then into adolescence and adulthood.4 Approaches to improving children's mental health in the population would ideally involve effective prevention in addition to clinical treatment of severe problems.5 6 Behavioural parenting programmes have the strongest evidence of efficacy to date for treating children's established behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based treatments.

Fourth, problems regarding the assessment of externalizing problems are just one aspect of many problems regarding immigrant ethnic minority youth and mental health care.

Future research could evaluate the specificity of specialist treatment interventions in larger samples, such as parent training for child behavioural problems, and cognitive or brief psychodynamic therapy for children with post-traumatic stress disorders following exposure to violence.32 Other groups of socially excluded children and families, such as children looked after by local authorities and youth offenders, could also benefit from similar designated, accessible interagency mental health services.

Immigrant ethnic minority youths are believed to have an increased risk of developing mental health problems [8]--[13].

Annual or cumulative prevalence rate of mental health problems and psychiatric illness among youth are high (e.g., [1 — 3]-RRB-.

We searched the following databases from 1990 to April 2012 (initial search to November 2010; update search to April 2012) to find studies on measurement properties of instruments, assessing externalizing mental health problems in immigrant ethnic minority youths: MEDLINE, EMbase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library.

Mothers and youth reported on maternal acceptance and mental health problems.

There is a major emphasis on the role of depression in youth suicide, eating disorders, deliberate self - harm and other mental health problems in young people.Strategies for schools to enhance the mental health of students - How schools can work together with parents and the community to develop resilience - promoting structures and process in secondary schools.

Youth who both bully others and are bullied are at greatest risk for subsequent behavioral, mental health, and academic problems.

Youth Mental Health and Technology This talk explores a range of web - based and smartphone apps that are now emerging as vital tools in helping young people deal with common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, body image issues, eating disordersHealth and Technology This talk explores a range of web - based and smartphone apps that are now emerging as vital tools in helping young people deal with common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, body image issues, eating disordershealth problems such as depression, anxiety, body image issues, eating disorders etc..

«(13) Activities to address the particular needs of homeless children and youths that may arise from domestic violence and parental mental health or substance abuse problems.»

The program will make an effort to increase mental health literacy in the Natick school community, and to prepare the community for a broad - based screening and intervention approach to the problem of youth depression / suicidal behavior.

Societal concern about antisocial behaviours of children and adolescents has increased over the years, in part due to the enormous financial costs of youth crime.1 Conduct problems (especially among boys) are the most frequent childhood behavioural problems to be referred to mental health professionals.2 Aggressive and disruptive behaviour is one of the most enduring dysfunctions in children and, if left untreated, frequently results in high personal and emotional costs to children, their families and to society in general.

Crittenton Youth Services (CYS): Custodial Residential Level II Special Populations This program serves adolescent females who: have moderate to severe emotional and / or behavioral problems; need on - campus education; display impulsive behaviors, alcohol and / or drug abuse, aggression, moderate mental health needs and diagnosis; are chronic runaways; have difficulty maintaining self - control; display poor social skills; and have difficulty accepting adult authority.

Youth Advocating for Abolishing Mental Health Stigma by ChronicleofSocialChange For children suffering from mental health problems, having to constantly battle the stigma attached to such diseases can beHealth Stigma by ChronicleofSocialChange For children suffering from mental health problems, having to constantly battle the stigma attached to such diseases can behealth problems, having to constantly battle the stigma attached to such diseases can be an...

First, this comprehensive program begins with a concentrated effort to increase mental health literacy in the school community and to prepare the community for a broad - based screening and intervention approach to the problem of youth depression / suicidal behavior.

Out - of - Home Services for Emotional or Behavioral Problems Among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2002 to 2006 Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2008) NSDUH Report Presents results from a survey to examine the use of out - of - home mental health services among youths aged 12 Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2002 to 2006 Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2008) NSDUH Report Presents results from a survey to examine the use of out - of - home mental health services among youths aged 12 Health Services Administration (2008) NSDUH Report Presents results from a survey to examine the use of out - of - home mental health services among youths aged 12 health services among youths aged 12 youths aged 12 to 17.

These youth are at high risk for chronic delinquency, drug abuse, and HIV / AIDS and are particularly vulnerable to detrimental social, health, and mental health outcomes including chronic offending, drug dependence, and contracting HIV, as well as for a host of additional problems as they age (e.g., AIDS, physical and mental health problems, incarceration, early death).