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...problem is that any time you chase a high, you risk getting hooked on it. "The longer kids cut, the more they need it," says psychologist Jennifer Hartstein of the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y., where Vanessa was treated...
...built around the idea of encouraging the cutters and members of their family to accept the kids as they are while encouraging them to change. "We embrace two seemingly contradictory philosophies," says Hartstein. "That teens are doing the best they can and that they can also do more." With the sense of judgment lifted, children are more receptive to learning a wide range of new coping skills, such as impulse control, distress tolerance and contemplation of consequences...
...eating and sleeping patterns may also be warning signals--but they are also part of the ordinary storms of adolescence, so it's wise not to overinterpret. Less ambiguous are sudden shifts in mood. "If a kid is mopey at 5 and much better at 5:30," says Hartstein, "you may want to know what happened in that half-hour." Parents should also keep an eye out for hidden stashes of blades or bandages...
...their payments. So the department decided to give credit where cash was due. Westchester last week became the first county in the nation to accept credit card payments for alimony and child support. "All the world pays in plastic, so why not do it with child support?" asks Phyllis Hartstein, assistant social services commissioner...
...Hartstein felt that transactions were needlessly complicated by the requirement that payment be made only by certified check or money order. Now a onetime spouse only needs to visit one of four offices, whip out a Visa card and charge the payment. It can also be done by phone. Says Hartstein: "It's the same process as if you call and charge theater tickets...