Risk and Protective Factors


 

Risk and Protective Factors – Regardless of circumstances, all teens are subject to both risk and protective factors. This video offers an overview of some common factors, and how they ma…

 

Million Funding Available for Research on Sports-Related Brain and Spinal

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… grant to enhance research on sports-related traumatic brain and spinal cord injury by providing an opportunity for investigators to submit applications for exploratory, novel studies that break new ground or extend previous discoveries toward new …
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The index of tobacco treatment quality: development of a tool to assess

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Quitting smoking improves health and drug use outcomes among people in treatment for substance abuse. The twofold purpose of this study is to describe tobacco treatment provision across a representative sample of U.S. facilities and to use these data …
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Geriatric Psychiatry: Anticipating Needs from a “Silver Tsunami”

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As baby boomers age, more people will face problems associated with dementia, depression, substance abuse and other mental health issues, says Dr. David Steffens, professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry. He believes it is vitally …
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