Adolescence is a period of rapid physical growth calling for adequate nutrition intake to meet growth requirements. It is also a period of emotional and psychological change, during which ...
Medical applications of art therapy are a natural extension of the use of art therapy with psychiatric populations. The fundamental qualities that make the creative pro- cess empowering ...
Drama therapy is the systematic and intentional use of drama/theatre processes and products to achieve the therapeutic goals of symptom relief, emotional and physical integration, and ...
Chest Physical Therapy (CPT) is something you can do to help your child breathe better. Sometimes there is too much mucus, or it is too thick. It blocks the air from moving in and out of ...
From January 2000 to May 2002, 59 [average Body Mass Index (BMI) 34] morbidly obese children and adolescents (BMI > 99th percentile) between the ages of 5.8 and 18.8 years were ...
MySpace has emerged as the most popular online social networking site, capturing almost 80% of the visits made to this type of web site.1 Perhaps because of its ...
This paper discusses the role that a crisis service may play in serving children and adolescents with pervasive developmental disorders. At Youthdale Treatment Centres, we operate a ...
Research on the prevention of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents was reviewed and synthesized with meta-analysis. When all 30 studies were included, selective prevention programs ...
A prospective, school-based study of alcohol use in a multiethnic sample of 3,675 adolescents found that family factors, other drug use, psychosocial– behavioral factors, and ethnic ...
The effects of methylphenidate on the academic performance and classroom behavior of 45 adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were studied. During a 6-week, ...