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...wonder, then, that researchers are beginning to focus on preventing teenage depression in the first place. A new study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is the largest to date showing that a relatively modest intervention goes a long way to prevent episodes of depression in high-risk teens. The authors hope it will provide a model that could be used widely in schools to protect kids from depression. (See pictures of teenagers in America...
...hope that the program will not only prevent depression, but also the impairments associated with it," says Garber. "We will be looking at alcohol and drug use, eating problems, anxiety and behavior problems and performance in school...
Because it focuses on prevention, the JAMA study "really moves the field forward," says child psychologist Anne Marie Albano, who directs the Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Columbia University Medical Center. Albano says that recent surveys showing rising rates of mental illness in college students have sounded the alarm about the need to intervene earlier to prevent the cascade of social, academic, economic and emotional woes that befall teens who slip into depression. "This study is telling us that if you get kids early in the cycle of depression when they have symptoms and are on the path...
...serve in the group. On budgetary issues, Flores began to push harder for a seat at the table. At the same April 14 meeting, Flores inquired into the level of involvement the Council would have on budget cuts.“I was trying very hard to prevent or change how that May 11 announcement happened,” she says, referencing the first round of budget cuts—including possible limits to shuttle service and the elimination of hot breakfast in upperclassman Houses during the week—which many students protested, saying the cuts disproportionately affected student...
...lead FBI role on terrorism does nothing to prevent the CIA from collecting as it has in the past. It can forward leads to the FBI, and let the FBI decide the evidence it should follow up on or, as often as not, discard...