Altough I’ve only recently skimmed it, Erica Westly has a blog that appears to have some relevant content. Readers might wish to take a peek at Adolescent Psych. I saw content on many topics that overlap with those we cover here at EBD Blog.
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Under the headline “Schools hope mental health screenings will help end stigma,” Heather Parker reported that Carlsbad (NM, US) High School will conduct screenings for mental illness among students. The school will use grant funds to help identify students who might be at risk for depression, suicide, or other problems and, therefore, in need of further evaluation.
With parent permission, 475 ninth grade students will be screened for signs of depression and suicidal tendencies.
“This effort is part of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Suicide Prevention Grant the school district received,” said Janey Lynn, wellness and prevention coordinator at CHS.
I have to guess this effort will raise some of the same concerns as educators have see with Teen Screen (see here for an EBD Blog post and related comments).
Link to Ms. Parker’s article.
Sphere: Related ContentIs the frequency of bi-polar disorder increasing among youth and young adults? In an article circulated by Reuters International, the answer appears to be “yes,” among younger individuals the chances of coming away from an office visit with the diagnosis of bi-polar disorder increased dramatically in the decade from 1994 to 2003.
Dr. Mark Olfson, from Columbia University, New York and New York State Psychiatric Institute, and colleagues compared increases between 1994-1995 and 2002-2003 in office visits that culminated in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder among individuals aged 19 and younger to that among adults aged 30 and older.
They found that outpatient visits with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in the younger age group increased approximately 40-fold, from 25 per 100,000 in 1994-1995 to 1,003 per 100,000 population in 2002-2003. During the same time, the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adults increased nearly 2-fold, from 905 to 1,679 per 100,000.
This finding, coupled with others about the incidence of bi-polar disorder, will spur questions about diagnostic criteria and ascertainment bias in assessment. Just as the question about “true” and “identified” incidence of Autism have been raised, there will be similar questions about bi-polar disorder.
The Reuters report is based on a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry, but the Web site for the journal does not yet show the September table of contents. However, one can get the Reuters story from many sites (e.g., Yahoo! news).
Sphere: Related ContentNARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association announced its grants for 2007, including 23 Distinguished Investigators and 222 Young Investigators. The awards represent more than $15 million in grants, and many of them are relevant to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders among children and youths.
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If one surfs about looking for sites providing comments about pediatricians and about ADHD, Autism, and other childhood disorders, it’s easy to find dozens (scores? hundreds?) of recommendations for vitamins, herbs, exercises, chiropracty, martial arts, and such. It’s a lot harder to identify sources of sensible, scientific information. Here are a few. Please feel free to contribute others by commenting.
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