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WHO: New Child Growth Charts
Source: World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/childgrowth/en/

"The World Health Organization has released new standards for normal health and growth in children up to age five. For the first time, the standards include a body mass index for this age group; they also outline when children should hit development milestones such as sitting, standing, and walking; as well as lowered their standard for baby obesity. To determine what is considered normal, WHO used information from more than 8,000 children from eight countries, including America, who were breast-fed and received good medical care, and whose mothers did not smoke."

American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States (PDF; 276 KB)
Source: Violence Policy Center
http://www.vpc.org/studies/amroul2006.pdf

From press release: "More than 10 murder-suicides, almost all by gun, occur each week in the United States, according to American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States, a new study by the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The study used a national news clipping service and Internet survey tools to collect incidents nationwide from January 1, 2005, through June 30, 2005, and is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies ever conducted on murder-suicide. During this six-month period, at least 591 Americans died in 264 murder-suicides, and almost all murder-suicides (92 percent) involved a firearm. Using these figures, the VPC estimates that nearly 1,200 Americans die each year in murder-suicides."

Alcoholism--TreatmentSource: Journal of the American Medical Association
Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence
"Patients receiving medical management with naltrexone, CBI, or both fared better on drinking outcomes, whereas acamprosate showed no evidence of efficacy, with or without CBI. No combination produced better efficacy than naltrexone or CBI alone in the presence of medical management. Placebo pills and meeting with a health care professional had a positive effect above that of CBI during treatment. Naltrexone with medical management could be delivered in health care settings, thus serving alcohol-dependent patients who might otherwise not receive treatment."
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/295/17/2003

Children, Adolescents, and the InternetSource: Developmental Psychology

From press release: "Between 75 and 90 percent of teenagers in the United States use the Internet to email, instant message (IM), visit chat rooms and explore other sites on the World Wide Web. According to the latest research presented in a special issue of Developmental Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), spending a lot of time on the Web can have both negative and positive effects on young people, i.e., the sharing of self-injury practices by some and the improvement of academic performance and health awareness by others." Special section of journal includes these articles (PDFs):
+ Online Access by Adolescents in Accra: Ghanaian Teens' Use of the Internet for Health Information
+ The Language of Online Leadership: Gender and Youth Engagement on the Internet
+ Children, Adolescents, and the Internet: A New Field of Inquiry in Developmental Psychology
+ Does Home Internet Use Influence the Academic Performance of Low-Income Children?
+ Connecting Developmental Constructions to the Internet: Identity Presentation and Sexual Exploration in Online Teen Chat Rooms
+ The Virtual Cutting Edge: The Internet and Adolescent Self-Injury
+ What Influences Children’s and Adolescents' Understanding of the Complexity of the Internet?

Psychiatric Disorders of Youth in DetentionSource: [U.S.] Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

"Examines the prevalence of alcohol, drug, and mental disorders among youth at the Cook County (Illinois) Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, by gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Drawing on research conducted by the Northwestern Juvenile Project, this Bulletin finds that nearly two-thirds of males and three-quarters of females studied met diagnostic criteria for one or more psychiatric disorders. The Bulletin presents information that can help the juvenile justice system detect youth psychiatric disorders and respond with an integrated system of services."
Full Document (PDF; .99 MB)
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/210331.pdf

Marital Rape: New Research and Directions

Source: [US]National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women

http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/Research/VAWnetDocs/AR_MaritalRapeRevised.pdf

"Despite the fact that marital rape receives little public and scholarly attention, it is one of the most serious forms of violence between intimates. The research to date indicates that women who are raped by their husbands are likely to experience multiple assaults and often suffer severe long-term physical and emotional consequences. Given the serious effects, there is clearly a need for those who come into contact with marital rape survivors to provide assistance and challenge the prevailing myth that rape by one’s spouse is inconsequential. Rape crisis counselors and advocates for battered women are in particularly important leadership positions to call attention to the problem of marital rape in society and to assist survivors of this form of violence. It is essential that those who work with men who rape and abuse speak out against this form of violence against women and challenge men’s sense of entitlement to have sex with their partners."

Teen Relationship Abuse SurveySource: Liz Claiborne, Inc.
http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/pdf/Liz%20Claiborne%20Mar%2006%20Relationship%20Abuse%20Hotsheet.pdf

"Research shows deep and troubling evidence that significant numbers of today’s teens are not only victims of dating abuse but are accepting it as normal. More alarmingly, as teens get older and enter into serious relationships, a still greater number are exhibiting and accepting controlling, abusive, and even violent behaviors -- often by a two-to-one margin -- over younger teens who have less dating experience. Many young people face tremendous pressure to have a boyfriend, girlfriend, keep a relationship, and to have sex."

Cheers! understanding the relationship between alcohol and mental health http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/html/content/cheers.pdf

Management of Eating Disorders (PDF; 3.5 MB)
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/eatingdisorders/eatdis.pdf

From press release: "No medications are available that effectively treat patients suffering from anorexia nervosa, but a few behavioral therapies may help prevent a relapse and offer other limited benefits, according to a new review of currently available research on eating disorders released today by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The review also found evidence that several medications and behavioral therapies can help patients suffering from bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder."

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The Parents Television Council released a new study on television violence, Dying to Entertain, which found that violence on prime time broadcast television has increased 75% since 1998. The television season that began in the fall of 2005 was also one of the most violent ever recorded by the PTC.

Executive Summary

Full Text (24 pages; PDF)

See Also: Watch the Press Conference Where This Report Was Released (via C-SPAN)
Open this URL with Real Player: rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/e011007_television.rm

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