July 3rd, 2008 by admin
Partnership for a Drug-Free America Launches Digital Effort to Help Parents Grasp Teen Behavior and Connect with their Kids
New Study Shows Parents Need the Most Help Talking
About Drugs and Alcohol as Kids Enter Teen Years
NEW YORK, NY,– For every parent of a teenager who has ever wondered “who is this kid?” a new web destination, launched today by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, aims to make answering the question a little bit easier. Designed to help parents navigate the confusing, often frustrating teen years, “A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain” translates recent scientific findings that shed light on how brain development shapes teens’ behavior and personalities into easy-to-understand tips and tools for parents. Read the rest of this entry »
June 14th, 2008 by admin
Is homework wreaking havoc in your home? If the answer is YES, then finding the real causes behind the homework problems, and taking steps to resolve them, will improve both school success and family harmony. Read the rest of this entry »
May 20th, 2008 by admin
By Josh Waitzkin
A few weeks ago, I returned to the classroom of Dennis Dalton, the most important college professor of my life. From the back of an amphitheater seating several hundred students, I realized how much things had evolved at Columbia and Barnard. The lecture hall was now equipped with a wireless sound system, webcams, video projectors, wireless internet. Students were using computers to record the lecture and to take notes. Heads were buried in screens, the tap tap of hundreds of keyboards like rain on the roof. Read the rest of this entry »
February 17th, 2008 by admin
Mental Health in Children:Nutrition as a Common Sense Alternative to Medications and Labels
By Scott M. Shannon, MD
The American medical profession has rejected and avoided the science of nutrition for over a century. Most American physicians ignore well-proven nutritional interventions in spite of solid science, low cost, good safety and exploding patient demand. Our doctors dismiss the value of nutrition without understanding or exploring the information. The pattern is set in medical school where minimal time is devoted to this topic. Sadly, nowhere is this anti-nutrition mindset more obvious than in the specialty of psychiatry. Read the rest of this entry »
February 9th, 2008 by admin
A NEW CHILD PSYCHIATRY: A VISION OF HOPE
By Scott M. Shannon, MD
Every day I hear these concerns from parents struggling to find effective help for their suffering child:
“Dr. Shannon, I have been given three different labels for my son and he still isn’t better.”
“Dr. Shannon, my daughter has been in therapy for two years and she is still suicidal; what can we do to help her?” Read the rest of this entry »
