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Youth football and concussions: some good news?
It’s good to know that at least one long-term study shows that football in high school isn’t associated with later cognitive or mental health problems.
What's Up Doc?: Leveraging technology to improve mental health care for youth
There is a crucial need to improve mental health care for youth. While we need long term solutions and systemic changes, leveraging technology can help us provide better mental health care in the s…
How To Use Education To Prevent Human Trafficking of Youth
In addition to providing crisis services through our hotline and online platforms, NRS also provides special training to prevent human trafficking of youth.
Runaway Youth: How Teachers Can Help
Running away from home can have serious, long-term consequences for youth. Learn about the resources that can help kids and families impacted by running away.
What Makes Foster Youth At High Risk Of Identity Theft?
A recent study has found that Foster Youth are high-value targets for identity theft. Does your agency have the right cybersecurity measures in place?
Concussions: Even one can change the brain, study finds
Even a single concussion appears to cause changes in the structure of the brain that may make cognitive problems and depression a higher likelihood, a new study has found. The study, which used...
How to Recognize The Signs Of Depression In Youth
Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings are usually short-lived and pass within a couple of days. When you have depression, it interferes with daily life and causes pain for bot…
How young innovators can solve youth mental health crises
The rising scourge of youth mental health problems as well as the increasing pace of innovation offers prime opportunity to evolve cutting edge solutions.
Leveraging the FFPSA for Older Youth: Prevention Provisions
The Family First Prevention Services Act provides many opportunities to transform the child welfare system into a system of support that is focused on prevention and strengthening families.
This professor has helped guide 1,000 youths into transgender identities
How to Explain and Protect Youth of Color From Police Misconduct, Trauma
My daughter is deathly afraid of police. When I was pulled over for rolling through a stop sign when she was about 6, she leaped into the cargo area of the car to hide from the officer before I could even stop the car.
Mindfulness: Helping Youth Learn to Feel Emotions and Choose Their Behavior
There’s hardly a youth worker or parent who isn’t<br>concerned about the growing number of early and<br>sometimes severe diagnoses of anxiety, depression<br>and obsessive-compulsive disorders in children and teens.
How Can We Improve Mental Health Treatment for Black Youth?
To help Black youth overcome mental health challenges, therapists need to better understand their unique challenges and cultural strengths.
20 Ways Youth Can Prevent Violence Against Girls & Women
1. Use Social Media-Social media has an empowering effect send articles, with the click of a button, you can spread the word. Youth do not need the mainstream media to voice their views! 2. Report– Report photos that exploit girls and young women when you see them on social media sites like Facebook and Instagram …
Study Examines How to Help Latino Youths Cope with Racism
We tested the role of ethnic identity, social support, and anger regulation in offsetting the negative impact of discrimination on mental health.
Researchers Identify Factors That May Predict CBT Response in Youth With OCD
The extent to which youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) avoid situations that trigger distress and compulsions and recognize t...
Gender-affirming care for trans youths: What does science say?
Research demonstrates that having access to many forms of gender-affirming care is crucial for the mental health and well-being of trans and nonbinary youth.
Was youth in Glen Mills subjected to cruel and unusual punishment?
It's hard to know if any investigation can help guide policy makers towards good solutions if there are such broad discrepancies between the stories.
Joining Forces to Prevent Youth Self-Harm
Two TC psychologists lead a new multidisciplinary project
