Mental Health
Primary Care Interventions to Prevent or Treat Traumatic Stress in Childhood: A Systematic Review
To systematically assess the evidence base for prevention and treatment of child traumatic stress in primary care settings.Household Food Insecurity and Mental Health Problems Among Adolescents: What Do Parents Report?
To investigate whether adolescents living in households with food insecurity have poorer parent-reported mental health (MH) than peers.Facebook as a Recruitment Tool for Adolescent Health Research: A Systematic Review
Researchers are increasingly using social media to recruit participants to surveys and clinical studies. However, the evidence of the efficacy and validity of adolescent recruitment through Facebook is yet to be established.Predictors of Parental Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in the Year After Adolescent Traumatic Injury
Parental posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common after pediatric traumatic injury and may negatively impact parental functioning and quality of life during this key period of the child’s early postinjury recovery. This study aimed to evaluate the course and predictors of PTSD in parents during the year after an adolescent traumatic injury.Adolescents With Suicidal Ideation: Health Care Use and Functioning
To improve our understanding of the clinical needs among youth with suicidal ideation (SI), we examined health care utilization patterns, functional impairment, and comorbidity among youth who endorsed SI, compared with a control group of youth without SI.Characteristics Associated With Low Self-Esteem Among US Adolescents
Low self-esteem in adolescents has been associated with a number of risk and protective factors in previous studies, but results have been mixed. Our objective was to examine characteristics associated with low self-esteem in a large national sample of young adolescents.Electronic Media Use and Adolescent Health and Well-Being: Cross-Sectional Community Study
To describe time adolescents spend using electronic media (television, computer, video games, and telephone); and to examine associations between self-reported health/well-being and daily time spent using electronic media overall and each type of electronic media.
