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Capturing Intervention Effects Over Time
October 1, 2005 | Journal Article
We analyzed whether a method for identifying latent trajectories—latent class growth analysis (LCGA)—was useful for understanding outcomes for individuals subject to an intervention. We used LCGA to reanalyze data from a published study of mentally ...
Sex Influences on Shared Risk Factors for Bulimia Nervosa and Other Psychiatric Disorders
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Research has documented that bulimia nervosa (BN) co-occurs with a number of psychiatric disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and psychoactive substance dependence. However, a gap in the research exists as to whether sex influences the shared pre ...
Clinical Utility as a Criterion for Revising Psychiatric Diagnoses
June 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Published in 1994, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-IV, lists mental disorders and their symptoms. Psychiatrists and other health professionals use it as a guide in diagnosing and treating ...
Mental Illness Hospitalizations of Youth in Washington State
August 1, 0200 | Journal Article
Overall hospitalization rates for youth decreased during the past two decades as a result, in part, of a shift from inpatient to outpatient management of many conditions.
Extra!
February 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 1998, the American Youth Work Center began providing regular coverage of youth health issues in their newspaper, Youth Today, and expanded circulation and paid subscriptions to the paper.
A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence
August 6, 2003 | Journal Article
A Randomized Controlled Trial
Giving Clients Freedom to Choose Services Helps People with Severe Mental Disabilities
September 22, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Monadnock Developmental Services developed a project that enabled persons with chronic developmental disabilities to exercise greater self-determination in the care they receive and make their own decisions about how their needs are met.
Public Health News Roundup: May 17
May 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Headlines include: Psychiatrist "Bible" Gets a Numeric Overhaul Most Adults Enforce Smoke-Free Rules in Homes, Cars Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk
National Demonstration of Early Detection, Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults
National Program
A model that improves the health and well-being of adolescents by using evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions in the early identification and treatment of adolescents and young adults with severe mental illness.
Unraveling the Impact of Social Environments on the Health of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, clinical psychologist Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD, studied the effect of (1) social environments on suicide attempts by lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens, and (2) same-sex marriage laws on health care use and costs.