Publications on Mental Health Topics

Raising Our Children's Children: Room in the Heart, by Deborah Doucette, 2014.

Teen Depression: The Ultimate Guide To Overcoming Depression For Teens And Young Adults, by David Leman, 2014.

One Toke, by Marc Aronoff, 2014.

Prison Baby: A Memoir, by Deborah Jiang-Stein , 2014.

Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose, by Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil , 2014.

Activities to do with Your Parent who has Alzheimer's Dementia, by Judith A. Levy EdM, 2014.

Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive, by Ned Hallowell, 2014.

Coping with Grief After a Community Violence, SAMHSA, 2014.

“This tip sheet contains information about some of the signs of grief and anger and provides useful information about how to cope with grief. In addition, the Helpful Resources section provides hotline numbers and treatment locators for those who may want further help. ”

Doctors don’t talk to adolescents about sex, by Stephanie Smith, CNN , Dec 31 2013.

“Thirty-six seconds is the average time a physician spends speaking with adolescent patients about sexuality, according to research published online Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. About one-third of adolescent patient-doctor interactions result in no talk at all about sexuality - which includes things like sexual activity, dating and sexual orientation. ”

Exposure therapy aids teens with PTSD, study finds, by Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times , Dec 24 2013.

“Teens who have been sexually traumatized benefit more from therapy that includes recounting the assault than from supportive counseling, a study suggests. Such exposure treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder has had some success among adults. But it has not found favor for treatment of teens because of fear that it could exacerbate symptoms for young adults who have not developed robust coping skills. ”

More students think marijuana is OK, by Jaque Wilson, CNN , Dec 18 2013.

“Most teens may be "Above the Influence" when it comes to cocaine and cigarettes, but marijuana use is growing among students. Sixty percent of U.S. high school seniors do not see regular marijuana use as harmful to their health, according to this year's Monitoring the Future survey from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. More than a third of the seniors surveyed reported smoking marijuana in the past 12 months. ”

Breaking the Silence, by Matthew Hay Brown, The Sun , Dec 14 2013.

“The outrage over sexual assault in the military has focused largely on female service members, and with reason: A woman in uniform is much likelier to be targeted than a man, Pentagon surveys indicate. But because male service members greatly outnumber females, officials believe the majority of sexual assault victims - 53 percent in 2012 - are men. These men - an estimated 13,900 last year alone - are far less likely than women to report an attack. Only 13 percent of reports last year were filed by men, military data show. ”

Rewiring the Brain to Treat OCD, by Steve Volk, Discover, Dec 11 2013.

“A groundbreaking therapy, relying on mindfulness meditation to treat obsessive compulsive disorder, suggests even adult brains have neuroplasticity. ”

Yelling, threatening parents harm teens' mental health, by Allison Bond, Reuters , Dec 10 2013.

“Threatening or screaming at teenagers may put them at higher risk for depression and disruptive behaviors such as rule-breaking, a new study suggests. "The take home point is that the verbal behaviors matter," Annette Mahoney, who worked on the study, said. She's a professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. "It can be easy to overlook that, but our study shows that the verbal hostility is really relevant, particularly for mothers who scream and hit, and for fathers who do either one," Mahoney told Reuters Health. ”

Study: Watching Wall-to-Wall Coverage of the Marathon Attack Was More Stressful than Being There, by Eric Randall, Boston Magazine, Dec 10 2013.

“People who watched wall-to-wall news coverage after the Boston Marathon bombing were actually more likely to exhibit signs of acute stress than those who were directly impacted by the event, according to a new study released in the journal PNAS. Their findings followed earlier research showing that exposure to coverage of the 9/11 attacks was unhealthy. What’s new, and scary obviously, is the conclusion that one doesn’t even need to be personally impacted by a horrible event to be impacted by TV coverage of it.”