Doctors Brian, Giuseppe, and Richard discuss divorce, and how to minimize (as much as possible) the negative impact of separation on kids. Listen here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/familyanatomy/FA014_-_Anatomy_of_Divorce.mp3] ... or get your free subscription in iTunes. If you use iTunes, you can leave a review! Leave us a comment, or you can e-mail suggestions or ...
A survey of 158,000 youth aged 12 to 20 found that 40% of underaged drinkers were provided with alcohol by an adult. Legislators in Long Island are using these data to support "social host" laws that would penalize parents whose kids drink at home. You can read more here. Subscribe to the Family Anatomy podcast ...
The study's a few years old, but since we recently talked about ADHD on Episode 13 of the podcast, here's some info: A study posted in the November 2006 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry suggests the possible mechanism by which Ritalin affects attention and decision-making. The drug seems to have an impact on the ...
The June 2008 issue of Alcohol includes a study indicating that children react differently to the smell of alcohol depending on the emotional context of their mother's drinking. When asked to choose between the odour of beer and an unpleasant odour, kids whose mothers were classified as "escape drinkers" were more likely to choose the ...
CNN.com recently posted a story related to a recent Family Anatomy post. They described the Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men, a school that is outside of the public school system. The program emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills and makes an effort to provide teachers who are positive role ...
The June 2008 issue of Social Psychology includes a study concerning men and women whose self-esteem is linked to being in a relationship. Relationship contingency - when self-esteem is derived from romantic relationships - was tied to shame about appearance for both men and women. Personal body shame predicted greater concern about the appearance of ...
The March 2008 issue of School Psychology Quarterly includes data from a 20-year study of kids growing up in high-poverty Chicago neighbourhoods. They looked at a number of factors from birth to adolescence in an effort to predict whether students would graduate from high school and years of completed education. The two biggest predictors of educational ...
Days after recording FA Episode 13, Anatomy of ADHD, this report came out of Germany: Professor Andreas Warnke, from the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, believes that other illnesses should be ruled out before beginning treatment for ADHD. Learning disabilities, psychotic disorder, and substance abuse may all have an impact ...
Doctors Brian, Giuseppe, and Richard argue about - er - discuss Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and treatment options. Listen here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/familyanatomy/FA013_-_Anatomy_of_ADHD.mp3] ... or get your free subscription in iTunes. If you use iTunes, you can leave a review! Leave us a comment, or you can e-mail suggestions or questions to
A study published in the June 2008 issue of the journal BMC Public Health suggests that the high school environment has a significant impact on students' smoking habits. The quality of teacher-student relationships and their attitude toward school affected smoking rates. The researchers suggested that school-wide interventions could be an effective element of anti-smoking interventions.
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