Dr. Davis talks about developing interventions that assist young people with serious mental health conditions to succeed in schooling, training, and their early launch into adult work lives during the transition to adulthood.

It’s been a growing trend for quite some time now for teens to abuse prescription drugs such as pain relievers and stimulants for recreational use.

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Rating scales have been gaining favor in diagnostic assessment of children with psychiatric and/or neurodevelopmental disorders. While they have their benefits, misuse or overreliance on rating scales can interfere with the assessment process and lead to misdiagnoses, inappropriate interventions, and poor outcomes.

A comprehensive table of selected diagnostic and rating scales.

How can you apply rating scales to your practice? Brent Collett, PhD shares his insight in this area.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends healthcare providers routinely screen all adolescents for alcohol use and related problems. But how can clinicians easily and effectively determine if adolescent patients have a problem with alcohol?

A study by Korean researchers shows that female adolescents with ADHD have a significantly higher intake of trans fatty acids (TFA) than those without the disorder.

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The role of families in the treatment of mental illness has always been a tenuous one. Often blamed (think refrigerator mothers), but also expected to provide continuous care for the afflicted loved one, families carry a significant burden.