Child Policy Publications: Behavior and Mental Health
2012
Assessment of the Content, Design, and Dissemination of the Real Warriors Campaign — 2012
Presents the results of an assessment of the Real Warriors Campaign, a multimedia program designed to promote resilience, facilitate recovery, and support the reintegration of returning servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Association of Childhood Abuse with Homeless Women's Social Networks — 2012
The effects of childhood physical abuse should be more actively investigated in clinical settings, especially those frequented by homeless women.
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (Japanese translation) — 2012
Japanese translation of Support for Students Exposed to Trauma, a series of lessons aimed at reducing distress for middle school students who have been exposed to a traumatic life event.
2011
The Association Between Perceptions of Social Support and Maternal Mental Health: A Cumulative Perspective — 2011
Mothers who perceive that their child's father is supportive are less likely to have mental health problems 5 years after birth; married mothers report the highest levels of supportiveness.
The Association of Activity Level, Parent Mental Distress, and Parental Involvement and Monitoring with Unintentional Injury Risk in Fifth Graders — 2011
Unintentional injuries in fifth graders are associated with both parent and child characteristics.
Children with Diabetes Compared to Peers: Depressed? Distressed? A Meta-Analytic Review — 2011
This meta-analysis suggests that children with diabetes are at slightly elevated risk for psychological difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems.
Mediators of Maternal Depression and Family Structure on Child BMI: Parenting Quality and Risk Factors for Child Overweight — 2011
Family environment—including parenting quality—is an important factor in influencing children's leisure activities, and thus interventions for child obesity may be more successful if they focus on family environment and its effect on children's active and sedentary behaviors.
Mixed-Method Approach to Understanding the Experiences of Non-Deployed Military Caregivers — 2011
Caregivers affiliated with the National Guard and those with more months of deployment report significantly poorer emotional well-being, and more household and relationship hassles.
Source Materials for the Healthy Communities Toolkit: A Resource Guide for Community and Faith-Based Organizations — 2011
Provides content for a toolkit that will prepare community and faith-based organizations to take advantage of opportunities presented in the Affordable Care Act and engage faith and community leaders in promoting health in their communities.
2010
Associations Between Abstinence in Adolescence and Economic and Educational Outcomes Seven Years Later Among High-Risk Youth — 2010
This study found that abstinence from all substance use for 12 months among a sample of 13-17 year olds was associated with positive long-term educational and economic outcomes relative to use of any substance.
Children's Mental Health Care Following Hurricane Katrina: A Field Trial of Trauma-Focused Psychotherapies — 2010
New Orleans school children participated in an assessment and field trial of two interventions 15 months after Hurricane Katrina.
Correspondence of Verbal Descriptor and Numeric Rating Scales for Pain Intensity: An Item Response Theory Calibration — 2010
This study provides a methodological crosswalk between two response scales for measuring pain in older adults so that either can be used in practice, depending on the preference of the clinician and respondent.
Evidence-Based Mental Health Programs in Schools: Barriers and Facilitators of Successful Implementation — 2010
Schools with greater support from administrative leadership and clinician networks are more successful in implementing evidence-based mental health programs to help students deal with the impact of traumatic events.
Mental Disorders Among Gifted and Nongifted Youth: A Selected Review of the Epidemiologic Literature — 2010
Given the ongoing debate over whether giftedness is associated with mental health disorders, there is a great need to highlight and compare results from the most methodologically rigorous studies.
Predictors of Substance Abuse Treatment Need and Receipt Among Homeless Women — 2010
A strong social network, informational support from sex partners, and other social factors affect whether homeless women receive substance abuse treatment.
Running Away from Home: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Risk Factors and Young Adult Outcomes — 2010
Risk factors for adolescent running away from home include lack of parental support, school disengagement, depression, and heavier substance use at Grade 9; runaways had higher drug dependence and more depressive symptoms at age 21 than non-runaways.
Toolkit for Adapting Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) or Supporting Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET) for Implementation with Youth in Foster Care — 2010
Assists school-based mental health professionals, school personnel, and child welfare social workers in adapting two school-based interventions for use with youth in foster care who have symptoms of distress following exposure to trauma.
What Are the Long-Term Economic Costs of Psychological Problems During Childhood? — 2010
Examines the lifetime economic damages caused by childhood psychological problems.
2009
Childhood IQ and Adult Mental Disorders: A Test of the Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis — 2009
Cognitive reserve has been proposed as important in the etiology of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Early Manifestations of Personality and Adult Health: A Life Course Perspective — 2009
The aim of this study is to investigate whether individual personality or temperamental qualities that emerge early and persist over the life course, predict adult midlife health.
Health and Health Care Among District of Columbia Youth — 2009
Assesses health and health care use among youth in Washington, D.C., using a unique combination of survey, administrative, and focus group data, and offers recommendations for addressing District children's health needs.
Impact of Teen Depression on Academic, Social, and Physical Functioning — 2009
This study aimed to determine the impact of teen depression on peer, family, school, and physical functioning and the burden on parents.
Improving Disaster Mental Health Care in Schools: a Community-Partnered Approach — 2009
School-based mental health counselors and administrators need greater organizational structure that supports school counselors and provides system-level support for services after a disaster.
Improving Treatment Seeking Among Adolescents with Depression: Understanding Readiness for Treatment — 2009
To examine readiness for treatment among adolescents with depression in primary care.
Longitudinal Perceptions of Supportiveness from Biological Fathers and Maternal Mental Health Problems — 2009
Focuses on trajectories of mothers' perceived supportiveness from a biological child’s father and mental health problems five years after the birth.
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