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Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Needed Adolescent Mental Health Care

February 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Minority adolescents use mental health services less frequently than White adolescents. The findings presented here suggest that social attitudes toward depression might prevent minority children from seeking treatment research occurred during 2008 in a Texas high school mental health clinic.

Evaluation of Free to Grow

May 9, 2011 | Journal Article

This article describes the independent evaluation conducted of Free to Grow (FTG) based at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Researcers compared 14 FTG sites with 14 matched Head Start agencies and communities without the program.

Evidence for Connections Between Prosecutor-Reported Marijuana Case Dispositions and Community Youth Marijuana-Related Attitudes and Behaviors

October 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This article examines the relationship between local drug policy, and adolescent attitudes toward and use of marijuana. More severe local drug policy on marijuana use is associated with a decreased likelihood that adolescents will use the drug and an increased likelihood that they will disapprove of marijuana consumption and perceive it as a risky behavior.