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Valois, Robert F.; Zullig, Keith J.; Huebner, E. Scott; Drane, J. Wanzer – Social Indicators Research, 2004
Relationships between perceived life satisfaction, poor mental health, suicide ideation and suicide behaviors were examined in a statewide sample of 13 to 18 year old public high school students (n = 4,758) using the self-report CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Adjusted logistic regression analyses and multivariate models constructed…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Suicide, High School Students, Adolescents
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2008
"MCPS School Safety and Security at a Glance" provides, in a single document, information about the reporting of incidents related to school safety and security, including school climate, local school safety program descriptions, and serious incidents in all Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools. The information is presented for…
Descriptors: Counties, School Safety, School Security, Elementary Schools
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Goodenow, Carol; Szalacha, Laura; Westheimer, Kim – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Sexual minority adolescents--those self-identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) or with same-sex desires or sexual experiences--report higher rates of victimization and suicidality than their heterosexual peers, yet little empirical research has examined school factors associated with these risks. This study used data from the Massachusetts…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Social Support Groups, Victims of Crime, School Safety
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Didie, Elizabeth R.; Tortolani, Christina C.; Pope, Courtney G.; Menard, William; Fay, Christina; Phillips, Katharine A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: No published studies have examined childhood abuse and neglect in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). This study examined the prevalence and clinical correlates of abuse and neglect in individuals with this disorder. Methods: Seventy-five subjects (69.3% female, mean age = 35.4 +/- 12.0) with DSM-IV BDD completed the Childhood Trauma…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Mental Disorders, Incidence
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Rohde, Paul; Seeley, John R.; Kaufman, Noah K.; Clarke, Gregory N.; Stice, Eric – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Aims were to identify the demographic, psychopathology, and psychosocial factors predicting time to major depressive disorder (MDD) recovery and moderators of treatment among 114 depressed adolescents recruited from a juvenile justice center and randomized to a cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) condition or a life skills-tutoring control…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Suicide, Juvenile Justice
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Baker, Thomas R. – NASPA Journal, 2006
When suicidal behavior is reported, student affairs officers on many campuses notify parents as one component of a multifaceted campus suicide prevention plan. In response to proposals to mandate parental notification, the author argues that practical considerations warrant against expanding state laws to require notification following campus…
Descriptors: Prevention, Suicide, Self Destructive Behavior, Student Behavior
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2011
This report finds that adolescent smoking, drinking, misusing prescription drugs and using illegal drugs is, by any measure, a public health problem of epidemic proportion, presenting clear and present danger to millions of America's teenagers and severe and expensive long-range consequences for the entire population. This report is a wake-up call…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Cocaine, Narcotics, Public Health
Valentino, Marilyn J. – 1995
Unfortunately, students with emotional and psychological disorders are not uncommon on campuses anymore. In fact, along with the increase in the number of physically disabled students on campuses (now 6%), professors face new challenges, especially from those high-risk students suffering from hidden psychological disorders like schizophrenia,…
Descriptors: College Students, Helping Relationship, Higher Education, Mental Disorders
Wilkerson, Tracy Kay – 1994
Research literature pertaining to revictimization as a sequela to childhood sexual abuse of females is reviewed and the methodology critiqued. Inconsistent definitions of the variables and a variety of possible intervening factors make the attribution of direct causality between sexual abuse in childhood and subsequent revictimization in adulthood…
Descriptors: Adults, Battered Women, Behavior Disorders, Child Abuse
Johnson, Joyce, Comp. – 1993
This paper provides the results of a 1993 survey of 2,684 New Hampshire high school students in regard to risk taking, personal violence, suicide, tobacco use, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) education, sexual activity, nutrition, and exercise. It found that in the preceding 30 days, 10.8 percent of students…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Safety, Exercise, High School Students
Lichtenstein, Robert; And Others – 1995
This booklet presents information on school-crisis management, based on the work of a New Haven, Connecticut, regional crisis team that was initially created to address the mental-health needs of school children during the Persian Gulf War. The goals of the regional crisis committee were to develop a school-crisis intervention model, train…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Counseling Services, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management
Crisp, Simon; O'Donnell, Matthew – 1998
The Brief Intervention Program (BIP) is a mental health day program in Melbourne (Australia) for adolescents with severe mental health problems who are at risk for suicide. The 10-week program serves closed groups of 6-8 adolescents aged 13-18 years and has 3 phases: engagement and orientation (week 1), treatment (weeks 2-9), and integration (week…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Community Health Services
Guetzloe, Eleanor C. – 1991
This booklet reviews the role of school personnel in detecting signs of depression and potential suicide, taking appropriate actions, and developing and implementing treatment programs. An introductory chapter notes factors related to depression and suicide that may be evident in exceptional children. The second chapter provides a research…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Directions in Mental Health Counseling, 1993
This curriculum guide contains articles from numerous experts in the field of mental health counseling. This issue includes: (1) "Therapeutic Approaches to Anxiety Disorders" (Robert L. DuPont); (2) "The Role of Nutrition in Detoxification from Drugs and Alcohol" (Jeffrey S. Bland); (3) "'Repair' vs. 'Growth' Approaches to…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Family Counseling
Maierle, John Paul – 1983
A suicide intervention training program is described which was developed as a three and one half hour presentation to small groups of paraprofessionals or professionals who might serve as telephone hot-line staff members. Theoretical assumptions upon which the program is based are listed in the areas of communication-skills training models, crisis…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Crisis Intervention, Diagrams, Helping Relationship
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