Browsing by Subject "adolescent"
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
-
Can Computers Assist Treatment? Virtual Reality as a Possible Cue Exposure Technique With Adolescent Substance Abusers
(2014)Substance use disorders are one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses among adolescents; marijuana is the illicit drug used most frequently by youth. Treatment dropout and relapse following treatment are common; innovative ... -
Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of depression in autism spectrum disorders across the lifespan.
(Dialogues Clin Neurosci, 2015-06)Diagnosis and treatment of comorbid neuropsychiatric illness is often a secondary focus of treatment in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), given that substantial impairment may be caused by core symptoms of ... -
Effect of Grandparent-grandchild Interaction on Socio-emotional and Cognitive Outcomes of Adolescent Grandchildren in Sri Lanka
(2015)Background: The role of grandparents has changed in response to social, economic and demographic factors, which may operate both in favour of or against the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren. The ... -
Factors Impacting Sustainable Implementation of Adolescent Mental Health Interventions: A Qualitative Stakeholder Analysis
(2021)Background: Mental health challenges comprise a significant share of the global disease burden among adolescents. In many global settings, mental health services are limited and few adolescent mental health interventions ... -
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of a Peer Youth Leader Model to Deliver a HIV Curriculum in Routine HIV Adolescent Clinic and Impact on Youth Leader Resilience: a Mixed-Methods Study
(2019)Background: Youth living with HIV have worse health outcomes compared to adults or children. Few interventions have been developed engaging youth in their care to promote resilience. Peer-led education is one potential way ... -
Invalidation, Experiential Avoidance and Child Psychopathology
(2012)Although it has been hypothesized that chronic emotional invalidation by a parent may have lasting effects on later ability to regulate emotions, and possibly increase the chances of experiencing symptoms of psychopathology, ... -
Resilience in Tanzanian Youth Living with HIV: A Longitudinal Exploration of Protective Factors and Challenges
(2021)Background: Adolescence is a critical risk period for the onset of mental health difficulties. Youth living with HIV (YLWH) face additional challenges navigating peer and romantic relationships due to stigma and disclosure, ... -
Retaining Adolescent and Young Adult Participants in Research During a Pandemic: Best Practices From Two Large-Scale Developmental Neuroimaging Studies (NCANDA and ABCD).
(Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2020-01)The novel coronavirus pandemic that emerged in late 2019 (COVID-19) has created challenges not previously experienced in human research. This paper discusses two large-scale NIH-funded multi-site longitudinal studies of ... -
The Rational Adolescent: Strategic Information Processing during Decision Making Revealed by Eye Tracking.
(Cogn Dev, 2015-10)Adolescence is often viewed as a time of irrational, risky decision-making - despite adolescents' competence in other cognitive domains. In this study, we examined the strategies used by adolescents (N=30) and young adults ... -
The Use of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as a Nutrition Indicator for Adolescents in Tanzania
(2018)Background: While adolescent nutrition has not historically garnered attention in public health programming, assessing adolescent nutrition is necessary in addressing cycles of chronic disease, intergenerational malnutrition, ...
