Tuesday, April 22, 2003

University Study Looks at Parents' Attempts to Help Teenagers Cope After Terrorist Attacks
Ascribe Newswire story reprinted at PsycPORT - "After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, psychologists encouraged parents to talk with their children about the day's tragic events. But parental attempts to help their teenagers cope were not always effective and sometimes even detrimental, according to a new study by UC Irvine psychologists."  
  

240 families sought for childhood depression, conduct disorder study (Washington)
Seattle Press story - "Psychologists at the University of Washington trying to understand the underlying causes of childhood and adolescent depression and conduct disorder are looking for 240 Seattle-area 8- to 12-year-olds and one of their parents to participate in a new study. The research is part of a $1.4 million project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to understand these conditions alone and in combination, according to Theodore Beauchaine, UW assistant professor of psychology."