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- August 16, 2011
- 03:04 PM
- 772 views
School Refusal: Exploring Why Children and Adolescents Refuse School
by Anita M. Schimizzi, Ph.D. in Child-Psych
Wow! It’s really that time of year again. While there are a range of thoughts and feelings that students have about heading back to school, it is the students that have a true phobia about attending that I hope to reach in this post. Hopefully, this will find its way to parents that have seen [...]... Read more »
Hughes, E. K., Gullone, E., Dudley, A., & Tonge, B. (2010) A Case-controlled Study of Emotion Regulation and School Refusal in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 691-706. info:/
- August 10, 2011
- 08:19 AM
- 651 views
Special Editorial: Smoke Signals? How Second Hand Smoke Can Impact Your Child’s Mental Health
by Anita M. Schimizzi, Ph.D. in Child-Psych
We have known for a long time that secondhand smoke can have a serious impact on the physical health of children. Asthma, sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory tract infections, dental decay, and middle ear infections are just a few of the illnesses that children exposed to secondhand smoke develop at significant rates. In case parents [...]... Read more »
Bandiera FC, Richardson AK, Lee DJ, He JP, & Merikangas KR. (2011) Secondhand smoke exposure and mental health among children and adolescents. Archives of pediatrics , 165(4), 332-8. PMID: 21464381
Hamer M, Ford T, Stamatakis E, Dockray S, & Batty GD. (2011) Objectively measured secondhand smoke exposure and mental health in children: evidence from the Scottish Health Survey. Archives of pediatrics , 165(4), 326-31. PMID: 21135317
- July 26, 2011
- 12:58 PM
- 866 views
Children’s Perceptions of Their Parents: Can They Predict Later Mental Health Issues?
by Anita M. Schimizzi, Ph.D. in Child-Psych
We all know how subjective most aspects of life are. One’s perceptions carry an immeasurable amount of weight as we work to understand and interact with this world around us. A recent study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry demonstrated the importance of perceptions in looking at how kids view their parents. Young [...]... Read more »
Young R, Lennie S, & Minnis H. (2011) Children's perceptions of parental emotional neglect and control and psychopathology. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 52(8), 889-97. PMID: 21438874
- July 5, 2011
- 08:06 AM
- 841 views
Raising the Chronically Ill Child
by Anita M. Schimizzi, Ph.D. in Child-Psych
While many of us are fortunate enough to have healthy children, not all families are so lucky. They must confront the chronic illness of a child on a daily basis. What are some key factors that can help them do this successfully? Read on about an article that I came across. March’s APA Monitor included an [...]... Read more »
Leis-Newman, E. (2011) Caring for Chronically Ill Kids: Many Parents are Struggling to Manage Their Children’s Care. Here’s Why. Monitor on Psychology, 36-39. info:/
- June 21, 2011
- 11:00 AM
- 822 views
Depressed Dads and Their One Year-Olds
by Anita M. Schimizzi, Ph.D. in Child-Psych
There has been a lot of research done on maternal depression and we know that it can have a big impact on children. We don’t know as much about paternal depression because, quite frankly, there just hasn’t been the same focus on this issue. I was excited to come across an article by Davis and [...]... Read more »
Davis RN, Davis MM, Freed GL, & Clark SJ. (2011) Fathers' depression related to positive and negative parenting behaviors with 1-year-old children. Pediatrics, 127(4), 612-8. PMID: 21402627
- May 31, 2011
- 02:41 PM
- 936 views
Breastfeeding versus Formula-Feeding and the Rate of Early Childhood Obesity
by Anita M. Schimizzi, Ph.D. in Child-Psych
Introducing solid foods to your baby can be an exciting adventure. I know that it was for me, the spit out food, screwed up faces, and the eventual gusto with which my son ate. When to introduce solids appears to be very important, according to a recent study in the journal Pediatrics that [...]... Read more »
Huh, S., Rifas-Shiman, S., Taveras, E., Oken, E., & Gillman, M. (2011) Timing of Solid Food Introduction and Risk of Obesity in Preschool-Aged Children. PEDIATRICS, 127(3). DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0740
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