ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2009) — A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health has piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed ‘at risk’ for obesity.
The study, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, found that girls who participated [...]
Archive for the ‘adolescent’ Category
16 Dec
Psychotherapy Offers Obesity Prevention for ‘at Risk’ Teenage Girls
25 Nov
Early Relationships Influence Teen Pain and Depression
ScienceDaily (Nov. 25, 2009) — Angst could be more than a rite of passage for insecure teenagers, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain. Researchers from the Université de Montréal, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and McGill University have discovered that insecure adolescents experience more intense pain in the form of frequent headaches, [...]
17 Oct
Depression and Children
Know the Facts:
~~ As many as one in every 33 children may have depression.
~~ Once a young person has experienced a major depression, he or she is at risk of developing another depression within the next 5 years.
~~ Children under stress, who experience loss, or who have attention, learning or conduct disorders are at a [...]
14 Jun
Symptoms Of Depression In Obese Children Linked To Elevated Cortisol
ScienceDaily (June 11, 2009) — A new study connects abnormalities of the “stress” hormone cortisol with symptoms of depression in obese children, and confirms that obesity and depression often occur together, even in children. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
“There is evidence in adults that abnormal regulation [...]
13 May
Most Depressed Teens Don’t Get Treatment
WEDNESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) — Nearly one in 10 American adolescents have experienced at least one bout of major depression in the past year, but only about 39 percent of those cases received treatment, a new government report released Wednesday shows.
Conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the report found [...]
11 May
Drinking While Down May Signal Teen Suicide Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Friday, May 08, 2009 – Adolescents who drink alcohol while sad or depressed have an increased risk of attempting suicide, whether or not they have previously had suicidal thoughts, a study indicates.
This underscores the need to screen adolescents for problematic alcohol use, as drinking while down may be an important [...]
26 Apr
Herbal Remedy: Teens & Cannabis
Herbal Remedy: Teens Often Use Cannabis For Relief, Not Recreation, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who smoke cannabis on a [...]
8 Apr
Mental Health Problems In Childhood May Predict Later Suicide Attempts In Males
ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2009) — Most males who commit suicide or need hospital care for suicide attempts during their teen or early adult years appear to have high levels of psychiatric problems at age 8, according to a new report. However, later suicide attempts in females are not predicted by mental health issues at this [...]
30 Mar
Menstrual migraine pattern may start in adolescence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – March 30, 2009 – The association between menstruation and migraine headaches may start to become evident during adolescence, according to findings published in the March issue of Headache.
Menstrual migraine is well-recognized in adult populations but not in adolescent populations, Dr. Andrew D. Hershey, of Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, [...]
1 Mar
Girls’ Anti-Social Behavior Predictive of Later Depression
FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — Anti-social behavior among young elementary school girls and increased anxiety in either boys or girls that age tend to predict whether they develop depression in adolescence, a new study shows.
However, showing signs of depression in first or second grade did not mean adolescent depression was imminent, said the report [...]
5 Feb
Asperger’s Syndrome In Adults
ScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2009) — Asperger’s syndrome does not only occur in children and adolescents, but is also diagnosed in adults. Mandy Roy from the Hannover University Medical School and her colleagues explain the clinical picture in the new edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.
The causes of Asperger’s syndrome have not yet been fully clarified, although [...]
16 Jan
Mental Health Care and Foster Children
How Mental Health Care Affects Outcomes For Foster Children
ScienceDaily (Jan. 15, 2009) — Of the approximately half-million children and adolescents in foster care in the U.S., experts estimate that 42 to 60 percent of them have emotional and behavioral problems. Despite the prevalence of mental health problems among foster children, little is known about how [...]
1 Dec
New CT Technology Shows Anorexia Impairs Adolescent Bone Development
ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2008) — Children and teenagers with even mild cases of anorexia exhibit abnormal bone structure, according to a new study appearing in the December issue of Radiology and presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
“Adolescence is the most critical period for growth of bone mass, and [...]
18 Nov
New CT Technology Shows Anorexia Impairs Adolescent Bone Development
ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2008) — Children and teenagers with even mild cases of anorexia exhibit abnormal bone structure, according to a new study appearing in the December issue of Radiology and presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
“Adolescence is the most critical period for growth of bone mass, and [...]
30 Jun
RISK FACTORS FOR EATING DISORDERS VARY BY GENDER
Rejecting media images, resilience to negative comments should be focus of prevention
By Kevin McKeever
TUESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) — Boys and girls develop eating disorders for different reasons, so prevention strategies may need to vary by gender, according to a new report.
“Frequent dieting and trying to look like persons in the media were independent [...]
24 Jun
CHILDHOOD ANXIETY MAY WORSEN ANOREXIA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anorexic women with a history of childhood anxiety may have particularly severe symptoms of the eating disorder, a study suggests.
It’s known that anxiety disorders, like social phobia and obsessive compulsive disorder, are far more common among people with anorexia than in the general population. Often, these anxiety disorders appear before the [...]
2 Jun
MORE THAN 2 MILLION U.S. YOUTHS DEPRESSED: Study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – May 13, 2008 – More than 2 million U.S. teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13 percent of girls, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.
On average, 8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode [...]
5 Dec
Teen Boys at Growing Risk for Eating Disorders
Decade of data shows increase in weight-control behaviors across cultures
By Robert Preidt
FRIDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) — Eating disorders rose significantly among American boys between 1995 and 2005, according to a study that examined weight control behaviors among high school students.
The study, based on an analysis of national data from the U.S. Centers for [...]
3 Dec
Suicide Risk Increased in Sexually Abused Teens
By Amy Norton
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Teenagers who have ever been sexually abused appear to have a higher suicide risk than their peers, but their families may be able to make a difference, a large study suggests.
Researchers found that among nearly 84,000 Minnesota adolescents, those with a [...]
20 Nov
Eating Disorders In Adolescents
ScienceDaily (Nov. 19, 2007) — Eating disorders in the U.S. among ethnic groups were thought to be rare, but recent studies have shown that many cultures are now exposed to the thin beauty ideal. As a result, experts expect to see an increase in eating disorder symptoms among ethnic groups. It is also suspected that [...]
7 Nov
Abilify Approved for Adolescents with Schizophrenia
Sanctioned for adults in 2002
By Scott Roberts
TUESDAY, Nov. 6, 2007 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Bristol-Myers Squibb antipsychotic drug Abilify (aripiprazole) for adolescents aged 13 to 17 diagnosed with schizophrenia, the company said Tuesday.
The FDA first approved the drug to treat schizophrenia in adults in November 2002. More [...]
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