Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals. February 16, 2018 A resource guide for Rhode Island youth and young adults who are transitioning from youth behavioral healthcare systems into adult healthcare systems. This guide helps...
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Brain Development, Teen Behavior and Preventing Drug Use
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids There’s a reason that teenagers act the way they do. Understanding the brain science behind teenage behavior can help parents better prepare their kids to avoid drugs and alcohol. Click here for the full article.
ASPIRE Other Tools From Youth & Family Cancer Prevention Program
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 ASPIRE is a free, bilingual, online tool that helps middle and high school teens learn about being tobacco free. It explains the dangers of tobacco and nicotine use, so they never start smoking. Or, if they already...
CATCH MY BREATH: Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Program Webinar Slides
CATCH Global Foundation, January 2018 These webinar slides introduce the Catch My Breath: Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Program developed by the CATCH Global Foundation. CATCH stands for a Coordinated Approach to Child Health. By uniting multiple players in a child’s...
Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ): A Brief Instrument for the Pediatric Emergency Department
American Medical Association, Dec. 2012 OBJECTIVE: To develop a brief screening instrument to assess the risk for suicide in pediatric emergency department patients. DESIGN: A prospective, cross-sectional instrument-development study evaluated 17 candidate screening...
The CBHSQ Report: Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages Among Adolescents
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, October 3, 2017 Background: Substance use prevention programs are designed to reduce the influence of risk factors and increase the influence of protective factors. Parents may also affect substance use...
Youth Suicide: Facts, Signs and Risk Factors
Lifespan Corporation, September 2017 Please click the below link to connect to this resource. This blog post discusses youth suicide and includes a link the the PediMIND program. This research program is a part of Bradley Hospital and is dedicated to improving the...
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Factors Associated with Use
Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), October 2017 This CAPT decision-support tool offers a summary of research findings on risk and protective factors associated with youth marijuana use.
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Programs and Strategies
Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), October 2017 This CAPT decision-support tool presents detailed descriptions of substance misuse prevention strategies and associated interventions that have been evaluated to determine their effects on...
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Data Resources
Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), October 2017 This CAPT decision-support tool offers a comprehensive listing of available data resources and surveys developed by and for a range of federal agencies and that collect data on marijuana use...