The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACP) and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) are announcing the release of a newly revised, updated, and expanded version of The Use of Medication in Treating Childhood and Adolescent Depression: Information for Patients and Families , part of the ParentsMedGuide series of publications...
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September 15, 2010
AACAP And APA Release Updated Parent’s Medication Guide To Treating Childhood And Adolescent Depression
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August 6, 2010
AACAP Announces Release Of Parents’ Medication Guide For Bipolar Disorder In Children & Adolescents
Today, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to announce the release of the new Parents' Medication Guide for Bipolar Disorder in Children & Adolescents. The guide was developed by AACAP to give reliable information about medication used to treat bipolar disorder in children and adolescents to parents whose children have been diagnosed with the illness...
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June 29, 2010
AACAP Testifies Before Congress On Cyber-Bullying
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry testified before the United States House of Representatives' Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities at a hearing entitled "Ensuring Student Cyber Safety." Dr...
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June 9, 2010
Ethics and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Avoiding Confidentiality Conflicts
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May 29, 2010
AACAP’s Facts For Families: Children Who Can’t Pay Attention/Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Informs Parents, Families
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's Facts for Families: Children Who Can't Pay Attention/Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder provides concise and up-to-date information about ADHD...
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February 6, 2010
Family Therapy Helps Teens With Suicidal Thoughts
Adolescents with suicidal thoughts and elevated depression had stronger and faster reduction of symptoms when treated with family therapy than with standard treatment in the community. Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia reported these findings this month in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry...
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January 11, 2010
Cultural Considerations in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The onset of psychiatric illness in a child is a life-changing event for families. Families from immigrant and ethnocultural communities often must come to an understanding of their child's psychiatric difficulties while simultaneously interacting with an unfamiliar health care system and its practitioners.
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December 4, 2009
Preventing Risk-Taking And Self-Destructive Behavior In Young People
At the beginning of 2010, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine at Heidelberg University Hospital will conduct a study named "Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) - promoting the health of young people through the prevention of risk-taking and self-destructive behavior" in cooperation with twelve centers in other E...
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October 23, 2009
Size zero culture in Ancient Rome
We often think that pressure on young women to be thin is a modern phenomenon, but a fascinating letter to the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry published in 2000 noted that this is not a new development. The authors cite evidence from Ancient Rome showing a similar cultural pressures were widespread:Garner et al. (1985) wrote about the present "unprecedented emph
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October 22, 2009
Elsevier Selected As New Publisher Of The Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Elsevier is pleased to announce that beginning with Volume 49, Number 1 (January 2010) it will assume publication of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, official publication of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP).
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