This study examined preferences for counseling topics to discuss in individual, group, and family counseling among young adults with cancer, as well as their ranked preferences for attending individual, group, and family counseling. A sample of 320 young adults with cancer (18-39 years old) completed an online survey containing items relevant to…

This Research-to-Impact brief is the eighth in a series from Voices of Youth Count. Voices of Youth Count is a national research and policy initiative designed to fill critical gaps in the nation's knowledge about unaccompanied homelessness among youth and young adults ages 13 to 25. Voices of Youth Count research estimated that nearly 4.2 million…

Stigma associated with seeking help has been found to be a key help-seeking barrier, however its role is less clear for: (a) adolescents, (b) groups outside the United States and (c) different types of therapy. This study addresses these omissions by examining the relationships between perceptions of public stigma of mental illness and the…

Left untreated, internalizing problems, such as a depressive or anxious mood, negative self-perceptions, and emotional distress, can undermine one's ability to succeed in school, live a healthy lifestyle, form and maintain close relationships with others, and, in general, accomplish life goals. When internalizing problems are experienced daily for…

Adolescence is a time when individuals are forced to deal with the stress of moving from being a teenager to an adult (Spear, 2000). As a result, this difficult developmental period is often characterized by adolescents engaging in risky behavior and potentially dangerous experimentation (Golden & Turner, 2005). The importance of understanding how…

A forerunner in therapeutic treatment explores new avenues of working with youth in the Autistic Spectrum through a group approach and discovers the need for flexibility and accommodations to make it work. In 2000, Starr Commonwealth--an internationally recognized leader in transformational programs for children, families, schools, professionals…

Adolescent girl-to-girl bullying is a pervasive concern in schools across the United States. In this article, the authors describe the possible negative effects of girl-to-girl bullying on adolescent females' development and well-being and describe wellness as it relates to personal and social, academic, and career development of adolescent girls.…

The authors aimed to investigate factors associated with smoking cessation among adolescents after tobacco intervention. They examined smokers (n = 127) from one birth cohort (n = 545) in the city of Kotka in Finland. These smokers were randomized in 3 intervention groups the dentist (n = 44) and the school nurse (n = 42 groups), and a control…

Results indicate that 57 percent of the family therapy group were rehospitalized at the end of three years compared to 20 percent of the individual therapy group. Longer-term findings suggest a superior effect of individual over family therapy. (Author)

In this article, the authors present an adolescent counseling intervention used by the California Smokers' Helpline and test in the largest randomized trials to date. In this study, more than 1,400 teen clients were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. Participants in the intervention group received telephone counseling…

Describes Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) as a potentially useful way of evaluating goal attainment of individual counseling provided to public school adolescents with conduct problems. Presents an application of the GAS method and reports formative evaluation data pertaining to practical and technical properties of the approach. (LLL)

Analyzed 20 sexually abused girls' pretreatment and posttreatment preference for sex of their counselor and girls' anticipated comfort with male versus female counselor, along with clients' actual posttreatment comfort. Girls treated by male counselors expressed significantly greater preference for and anticipated comfort with male counselors…

Notes that research suggests no significant difference in rates of dropout between adolescents and adults. Describes termination of psychotherapy with adolescent patient to examine specific quality of adolescent dropouts. Contends that strong counter-transference feelings evoked in therapist tends to maintain impression of adolescents' proclivity…

Presents overview of clinical assessment, treatment, and management of suicidal adolescents. Discusses risk assessment as multifocal evaluation of variables. Presents treatment planning as addressing lethality and intentionality. Highlights individual psychotherapy. Examines termination issues, malpractice liability concerns, and general…

A 17-year-old boy presented for treatment with chronic diarrhea that had proven refractory to medical treatment for a period of five years. The problem was sufficiently debilitating to cause highly erratic school attendance. Anamnesis revealed no precipitating event, though it was discovered that the patient's mother was a moderately compensated,…