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Upcoming Workshop:

December 14, 2009
Workshop on Understanding and Preventing Adolescent Risk Behavior: Integrating Findings Across Domains of Influence
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The Committee on the Science of Adolescence is convening its third and final workshop on understanding and preventing adolescent risk behaviors. This workshop will focus on “Integrating Findings Across Domains of Influence.” Panelists will consider the impact of various influences and contexts – including public policy, biology, family, schools, and community – on adolescent risk behavior. Panelists will consider overarching lessons about the genesis of risky behavior in adolescence, as well as how knowledge can be integrated across domains of influence. They will discuss important next steps in the science agenda and whether current approaches to the study of adolescent risk behavior should change, and if so, in what ways.

New Report Releases:

Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention

Depression is a widespread condition affecting approximately 7.5 million parents in the U.S. each year and may be putting at least 15 million children at risk for adverse health outcomes. Based on evidentiary studies, major depression in either parent can interfere with parenting quality and increase the risk of children developing mental, behavioral and social problems. Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children highlights disparities in the prevalence, identification, treatment, and prevention of parental depression among different sociodemographic populations. It also outlines strategies for effective intervention and identifies the need for a more interdisciplinary approach that takes biological, psychological, behavioral, interpersonal, and social contexts into consideration.
Read the Press Release
Listen to the Webcast or View the Slide Presentation from the June 10, 2009 Report Release
Read the Report Brief

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities

Mental health and substance use disorders among children, youth, and young adults are major threats to the health and well-being of younger populations which often carryover into adulthood. The costs of treatment for mental health and addictive disorders, which create an enormous burden on the affected individuals, their families, and society, have stimulated increasing interest in prevention practices that can impede the onset or reduce the severity of the disorders.
Read more of the Press Release
Read the Report Brief for Policymakers
Read the Report Brief for Researchers

Recent Workshops & Events:

June 29-30, 2009
Workshop on the Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods
View the Workshop Agenda and PowerPoint Presentations

May 28, 2009
Workshop on Social and Environmental Influences and Adolescent Risk Behavior
View the Workshop Agenda and PowerPoint Presentations

March 27, 2009
Seminar on Stress and Conflict in Family Environments: Pathways to Child and Adult Health Outcomes
View the Seminar Agenda and PowerPoint Presentations

March 4-5, 2009
Workshop on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions
View the Workshop Agenda and PowerPoint Presentations

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