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Vol. 20, No. 12, December 2004

  1. New controlled study in children with selective mutism
  2. NH laws to prevent alcohol sales to minors have positive effect

Vol. 20, No. 11, November 2004

  1. Editor's Commentary
    FDA decision on SSRIs oversimplifies suicide risk

Vol. 20, No. 10, October 2004

  1. Expert Speaks Out The dangers of attachment therapy: Parent education needed

Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2004

  1. Keep Your Eye On... early sleep problems linked to teen SA
  2. Partner violence in teen same-sex relationships

Vol. 20, No. 8, August 2004

  1. Executive skills in children and teens - Parents, teachers and clinicians can help
  2. Keep Your Eye On... link between autism and vaccines not supported

Vol. 20, No. 7, July 2004

  1. Keep Your Eye On... U.S. youths more likely to die from violent causes
  2. Child sexual abuse and subsequent psychopathology
  3. Exposure to phenylalanine linked with ADHD symptoms

Vol. 20, No. 6, June 2004

  1. Keep Your Eye On... binge drinking predicts suicide attempts in teens
  2. Long-term data suggest changes in effectiveness of stimulant medication over time

Vol. 20, No. 5, May 2004

  1. New Study Explores Comorbidity Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder: trends and treatment
  2. Keep Your Eye On... prenatal alcohol exposure may lead to nerve damage

Vol. 20, No. 4, April 2004

  1. Update on SSRIs/Suicide Controversy Experts, parents discuss safety of antidepressant medications
  2. Is there an autism epidemic?

Vol. 20, No. 2, February 2004

  1. Keep Your Eye On... comparing children's healthcare costs for mental and health disorders
  2. The NIMH Multimodal Treatment Study -New look at ADHD data suggests lasting effect of behavioral treatment

Vol. 20, No. 1, January 2004

  1. Developmental problems in low birth weight children
  2. What's Killing Our Kids? Expert discusses puberty and risk-taking behavior in adolescents

Vol. 19, No. 12, December 2003

  1. Preventing and reducing social aggression among girls
  2. High-School Hazing: What a Parent Can Do

Vol. 19, No. 11, November 2003

  1. What's New in Research
    Effects of text messaging on adolescent health studied
  2. Response and responsibility: New findings in juvenile delinquents - should it change how we think about crime?

Vol. 19, No. 10, October 2003

  1. Keep Your Eye On...exposure to violence
  2. Putting health care together again

Vol. 19, No. 9, September 2003

  1. Link found between psychiatric disorders and school refusal
  2. Keep Your Eye On ...rapid head growth and autism

Vol. 19, No. 8, August 2003

  1. Study links behavioral risk factors, steroid use
  2. Society can't ignore gambling's effect on adolescents

Vol. 19, No. 7, July 2003

  1. The influence of television and visual electronic media on brain development
  2. Keep Your Eye On...grants for new autism research centers

Vol. 19, No. 6, June 2003

  1. Keep Your Eye On ... school mobility predicts behavior problems
  2. Study: Violent music increases aggression

Vol. 19, No. 5, May 2003

  1. Studies tout early intervention in preventing youth violence

Vol. 19, No. 4, April 2003

  1. Keep Your Eye On ... violence
  2. Keep Your Eye On ... distress

Vol. 19, No. 3, March 2003

  1. Keep Your Eye On ... mental illness
  2. Parents' beliefs about guns and children studied

Vol. 19, No. 2, February 2003

  1. Focus on ADHD Expert explores psychosocial interventions for ADHD

Vol. 19, No. 1, January 2003

  1. Keep Your Eye On... parental smoking provides "prompts"
  2. Insecure attachment a risk factor for depression

Vol. 18, No. 12, December 2002

  1. Keep Your Eye On...Suicide
  2. Aggressive behavior commonly linked to ADHD

Vol. 18, No. 11, November 2002

  1. Keep Your Eye On...television-viewing
  2. Mild head injury tied to psychosocial problems

Vol. 18, No. 10, October 2002

  1. Keep Your Eye On...teenage sex
  2. Young drinkers more likely to have dependency problems

Vol. 18, No. 9, September 2002

  1. Aggression and antisocial behavior in youth

Vol. 18, No. 8, August 2002

  1. Psychiatric comorbidity high among minorities

Vol. 18, No. 7, July 2002

  1. Children exposed to maternal violence at risk
  2. Tattoos, piercings and other risk-taking behaviors

Vol. 18, No. 6, June 2002

  1. Family, parenting interventions reduce 'jail' time
  2. Prenatal cocaine exposure causes cognitive deficits

Vol. 18, No. 5, May 2002

  1. Behavior develops, minds don't snap
  2. Keeping Your Kids Tobacco-Free

Vol. 18, No. 4, April 2002

  1. Parents' recognition of depression lacking
  2. Study examines cognition in children with PTSD

Vol. 18, No. 3, March 2002

  1. Prevention of Eating Disorders: Tips for Parents

Vol. 18, No. 2, February 2002

  1. Adverse events in childhood strongly linked with suicide

Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2002

  1. A possible link between ADHD and food allergies
  2. Assessment systems that support learning
  3. Parental disapproval helps prevent smoking

Vol. 17, No. 12, December 2001

  1. Special Report:
    The Importance of Family - Preventing Violence through Family Connection

Vol. 17, No. 11, November 2001

  1. Keep your Eye on: Web Site for Depressed Teens
  2. Adolescents Unaware of Protections of Physician Confidentiality

Vol. 17, No. 10, October 2001

  1. Commentary: National Tragedy
    How to Help Children when Disaster Strikes

Vol. 17, No. 9, September 2001

  1. Helping teens cope with dating violence

Vol. 17, No. 8, August 2001

  1. Keep Gifted Children From Diverse Populations from 'Falling Through the Cracks'
  2. Expert Speaks Out Play: The new dirty word

Vol. 17, No. 7, July 2001

  1. Keep Your Eye On: National strategy for suicide prevention
  2. Boys and Guns: How do they react to the real thing?

Vol. 17, No. 6, June 2001

  1. Guest Commentary
    Is day care worse than cocaine?
  2. Public preschool programs benefit poor children

Vol. 17, No. 5, May 2001

  1. New Research Perspectives
    Understanding the impact of marital conflict on children
  2. Talking with children about divorce

Vol. 17, No. 4, April 2001

  1. Eating Disorders
    Innovative family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa
  2. The three phases of the Maudsley method

Vol. 17, No. 3, March 2001

  1. Special Report
    Surgeon General: Youth violence epidemic not over

Vol. 17, No. 2, February 2001

  1. Helping Children Deal with Grief
    From Life and Loss: A Guide to Grieving and Breaking the Silence
  2. Resources

Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2001

  1. Is it a good time for treatment?

Vol. 16, No. 12, December 2000

  1. Child Abuse: Researchers offer an operational definition of emotional abuse

Vol. 16, No. 11, November 2000

  1. Psychosocial stress may predict the early onset of asthma in children

Vol. 16, No. 10, October 2000

  1. Keep your Eye On ...
    female athletes
  2. Commentary:
    Drug abuse, sex ed, suicide and violence prevention - Can our schools handle all this and education, too?

Vol. 16, No. 9, September 2000

  1. Keep your Eye On ...
    childhood anxiety research
  2. What's New in Research:
    Study finds ADHD valid diagnosis for girls
  3. What's New in Research:
    Asthma causes little psychological effect

Vol. 16, No. 8, August 2000

  1. Sexual Abuse
    Adult's reaction to child's disclosure of abuse will influence degree of permanent damage

Vol. 16, No. 7, July 2000

  1. Commentary
    Domestic violence hurts children as well as adults
  2. Resource from ParentSmart.com
  3. Resource from The American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Vol. 16, No. 6, June 2000

  1. Peer Pressure
    Today's youth face pressures from many unprecedented factors, not only peers
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2000

  1. Prevention
    Early intervention can work for serious and violent juvenile offenders
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 16, No. 4, April 2000

  1. Prevention
    Childhood lead poisoning, though preventable, still devastates lives
  2. Suggested Readings

Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2000

  1. Violent Behavior
    Animal abuse at early age linked to interpersonal violence

Vol. 16, No. 2, February 2000

  1. Infant Bedsharing
    Flawed research results in flawed report on sharing beds with babies
  2. Keep Your Eye on ...infant death rates.

Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2000

  1. Early Years:
    New report calls for responsible community support of early childhood experience
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No.12, December 1999

  1. Practical Matters
    Early experiences become building materials for the brain/mind
  2. Recommended Reading
  3. Keep Your Eye On ...
    ... breastfeeding and HIV.
  4. PARENTING TEENS:
    LESSON FROM THE TITANIC

Vol. 15, No.11, November 1999

  1. Psychological Assessment: Standardized checklists obscure contextual determinants of child behavior
  2. Guest Commentary:
    It's time to raise children out of poverty
  3. Recommended Reading:
    Expanded section

Vol. 15, No.10, October 1999

  1. Building Self-Esteem:
    Girls Choir of Harlem shepherds members through transitions
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No.9, September 1999

  1. Special Back-to-School Issue
    National effort to stem cheating epidemic begins this month

Vol. 15, No.8, August 1999

  1. Keep Your Eye on... spanking
  2. Adolescents with MDD have high rate of suicide
  3. Good books help children understand the problem of aging
  4. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No.7, July 1999

  1. Special Report: Anger
    Anger springs from complex combination of traits, events
  2. Suggested reading

Vol. 15, No. 6, June 1999

  1. Achievement and motivation in poor and minority children
  2. A Guide to Safe Schools
  3. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No.5, May 1999

  1. Sarajevo statistics foreshadow fate of Kosovo's children
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No. 4, April 1999

  1. Lost boys: Why our sons turn violent and how we can save them
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No. 3, March 1999

  1. Adolescent male sex offenders challenge therapists' skill
  2. Prescriptive child rearing
  3. Applications for fellowships now being accepted
  4. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No. 2, February 1999

  1. Public Policy: A "Help for Working Parents" program can reduce child poverty
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 15, No. 1, January 1999

  1. Character Education: Program produces S.T.A.R. pupils
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 12, December 1998

  1. Adolescent Suicide -teenagers commonly question the why and how of suicide
  2. Keep your eye on prenatal cocaine exposure
  3. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 11, November 1998

  1. Keep your eye on weapons and aggression
  2. Frequency of health-risk behaviors surveyed
  3. Recommended Reading Expanded Section

Vol. 14, No. 10, October 1998

  1. 'Time out' to correct misbehavior may aggravate it instead
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 9, September 1998

  1. Learning Disabilities: ADHD symptoms may mask a language-based disability
  2. Recommended Reading
  3. How to find the right before- and after-school program for your child

Vol. 14, No. 8, August 1998

  1. Psychological maltreatment is not an ancillary issue
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 7, July 1998

  1. Early stimulation aids brain development, increases competence, decreases cost to society
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 6, June 1998

  1. To foster children's self-esteem and resilience, search for islands of competence
  2. Keep Your Eye On ...
  3. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 5, May 1998

  1. Emotional, social skills eliminate need for 'wars' on behavioral misadventures
  2. Video catalog offers programs on guidance topics for teens
  3. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 4, April 1998

  1. Music for Little People releases a collection of folk music
  2. ... challenges of adolescent girls.
  3. Being adopted may not pose a problem until adolescence

Vol. 14, No. 3, March 1998

  1. To be successful, community programs must involve parents in a meaningful way
  2. Psychosocial problems are more common in hungry children
  3. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 2, February 1998

  1. A teacher's view:Inclusion has helped everyone involved
  2. A researcher's view: Learning-disabled children get lost in definitions
  3. Recommended Reading

Vol. 14, No. 1, January 1998

  1. Recommended Reading
  2. Looking for 'smarts' in all the wrong places

Vol. 13, No. 12, December 1997

  1. Research on day care should spur a new look at old ideas
  2. To care or not to care?
  3. Resources

Vol. 13, No. 11, November 1997

  1. Precocious reading skills may signal hyperlexia
  2. Self-esteem and its discontents

Vol. 13, No. 10, October 1997

  1. "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?"
  2. Recommended Reading

Vol. 13, No. 9, September 1997

  1. Even infants need their solitude
  2. Recommended Reading
  3. I don't wanna go to school today.

Vol. 13, No. 8, August 1997

  1. Infant/toddler care, education lags behind pre-school care
  2. Signs of sexual abuse in young children
  3. Recommended Reading

Vol. 13, No. 7, July 1997

  1. Poor children gain social competence from sensitive interaction with parents
  2. Recommended Reading
  3. Summer reading list

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