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ParentCorps helps children do better in school

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NEW YORK (February 4, 2011) — Researchers at the NYU Child Study Center demonstrated that a brief program for families of Pre-Kindergarten students attending schools in disadvantaged urban communities improved children’s behavior at school. The s…

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Adolescents with severe mental disorders have never received treatment

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18 January 2011 – A recent study by Merikangas and colleagues published in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) shows that only half of adolescents that are affected with severely …

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UCLA researchers find that Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children is failing

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Whatever its final incarnation, the recently enacted landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid eligibility and is expected by 2013 to provide coverage, including mental health care, to an estimated 4.1 million children…

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Researchers track the impacts of depression during pregnancy

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The cocktail of hormones cascading through depressed mothers’ bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children’s brains.
A higher level of depression in mothers during pregnancy was associated wit…

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School-based program effective in helping adolescents

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(New York, December 8, 2010) — A school-based intervention program helped New York City high school students with moderate to severe asthma better manage their symptoms, dramatically reducing the need for urgent care, including hospitalizations an…

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School-based program helps adolescents cope with asthma

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A school-based intervention program designed for adolescents with asthma significantly improves asthma management and quality of life for the students who participate, and reduces asthma morbidity, according to researchers in New York City, who stud…

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Rapid rise in Medicaid expenditures for autism spectrum disorder treatment

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Washington, DC, 22 October 2010 — Autism was described as early as 1940, but a marked increase in the prevalence for the broader class of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) during the past decade highlights the demand for treatment of affected indi…

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National study shows 1 in 5 children meet criteria for a mental disorder across their lifetime

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Washington, DC, 13 October 2010 – Mental disorders in children are often difficult to identify due to the myriad of changes that occur during the normal course of maturation. For the first time, researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health…

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School-based intervention successfully lowers drinking rates in at risk children

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Washington, DC, 30 August 2010 — The coming weeks mark the return to school for many of our youngest citizens. Sadly the satisfaction of making new friends and obtaining good test scores may be overshadowed by the prospect of substance abuse for s…

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