Most Recent Articles from Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

• Almost Invisible: Rural Youth in Foster Care 

  A couple of times a year and usually around the holiday season, the plight of a child in foster care will capture the attention of the media....

  05/01/09 by McGuinness, Teena M · More from publication

• New Hope and Help for Forgotten Youth 

  TOPIC: Juvenile sex offender treatment programs have been at the forefront of discussion among some policymakers and certainly those who provide...

  05/01/09 by Gill, Rita; Raphel, Sally · More from publication

• Treatment of Major Depression in Adolescents: Weighing the Evidence of Risk and Benefit in Light of Black Box Warnings 

  TOPIC: This article is a review of the risks and benefits associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in light of recent...

  05/01/09 by Lovrin, Mellen · More from publication

• Health Risk Behavior of Youth in Foster Care 

  PROBLEM: Many adolescent health problems are predominantly caused by risk behavior. Foster adolescents have disproportionately poor health;...

  05/01/09 by Gramkowski, Bridget; Kools, Susan; Paul, Steven; Boyer, Cherrie B; Monasterio, Erica; Robbins, Nancy · More from publication

• Effects of Exposure to Community Violence on Aspects of Adolescent Identity Development, The 

  PROBLEM: A gap exists in our understanding of the impact of exposure to community violence on identity development. The purpose of this study was...

  05/01/09 by Schiavone, Deborah Burdett · More from publication

• Outlook for Children With the New 111th Congress, The 

  Well, the good news around our Capital City is that the energy has certainly picked up. One hopes for continued momentum as you read this column....

  05/01/09 by Raphel, Sally · More from publication

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