A Simple Overview of the Nurturing Parenting Programs Research, Philosophy and Constructs
This session focused on the philosophy of the Nurturing Parenting Programs. The five basic Nurturing Parenting Program Constructs were explored through interactive demonstrations. Participants had...
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health and Well-Being Over the Lifespan: This chart shows the sequence of events that unaddressed childhood abuse and other early traumatic...
Children and Psychotropic Drugs: How Good is the Evidence?
Research on psychotropic medications is essential for prescribers to use drugs properly and safely — and for regulatory authorities to approve these drugs for public...
Children and Psychotropic Drugs: How Good is the Evidence?
Research on psychotropic medications is essential for prescribers to use drugs properly and safely — and for regulatory authorities to approve these drugs for public...
David Mee-Lee, MD is a leading expert in co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. His monthly blog, “Tips and Topics,” explores subjects and solutions drawn...
This workshop is for people who may become perplexed or anxious when attempting to intervene with individuals who engage in cutting and other self-inflicted harming...
It has become widely accepted in the mental health field that many of the most common emotional and behavioral challenges facing children and adolescents can...
This practical and fun workshop explained how Brain Gym® works. Beth Stoddard explained the three dimensions of intelligence that relate to three areas of the...
Psychosocial Options First: The Heart and Soul of Change
This workshop highlighted the heart and soul of the therapeutic relationship and how to measure this alliance and the outcome of therapy with the Partners...
State Adolescent Treatment Enhancement Dissemination (SAT-ED)
Adolescent substance abuse has long been seen as difficult to diagnose and very challenging to treat. The SAT-ED project brings to two Maine agencies an...
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: Trauma as a Public Health Crisis and Implications for Human Services
This video is of a keynote address by Ann Jennings, PhD, at the 3rd Annual Co-Occurring Disorders Institute: Complexities of Trauma. The video was filmed...
The Evidence Is In: Why We Need to Develop Alternatives to Psychiatric Medications for Children
The medicating of children in our society with psychiatric drugs began with the prescribing of stimulants to children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in the...
The Evidence Is In: Why We Need to Develop Alternatives to Psychiatric Medications for Children
The medicating of children in our society with psychiatric drugs began with the prescribing of stimulants to children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in the...
The Jury Has Deliberated and the Verdict Is In: No First Use of Psychotropics for Children and Adolescents
This presentation summarized the first day of the conference, discussed implications, and facilitated questions from the participants to the speakers. An examination of clinical trial...
The Rx Generation Brochure: Alternatives to the Use of Psychiatric Medications with Children
Psychotropic drug prescriptions for children and adolescents have skyrocketed in recent years in spite of the fact that there is an absence of valid research...
Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386 A crisis intervention and suicide prevention phone service available 24/7. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and...
Translating the Research on Psychotropic Medications with Children to Clinical Practice
In this follow-up session to Thursday’s plenary, Dr. Balt provided examples from the literature to explore research protocols and the problems inherent in expanding these...
Young, Poor, and Drugged: How Antipsychotics Are Hurting America’s Disadvantaged Youth
New research shows that antipsychotic use by low-income and very low-income children in the United States skyrocketed in just under a decade. This has occurred...
Knowing risk and protective factors for youth suicidal behavior and understanding how they function is critical to preventing suicide. While clinicians use these factors to...
Youth Suicide Risk and Protective Factors: Implications for Prevention
Knowing risk and protective factors for youth suicidal behavior and understanding how they function is critical to preventing suicide. While clinicians use these factors to...