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Parenting: Diagnosing and Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

By Fatima Bhojani Freelance Writer for the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) An interview with Francis S. Lee, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College, BBRF Scientific Council Member, 2010 Independent Investigator 2005, 2002 Young Investigator Dr. Francis Lee, is the Mortimer D. Sackler Professor and Vice Chair for Research in he Department of Psychiatry […]

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Gender bias – More Boys Sent To Children’s Homes, While More Girls Placed With Foster Families

Rodje Malcolm, executive director of Jamaicans for Justice, has raised serious concerns about the gender bias within state-care facilities, pointing out that more effort is placed on ensuring that girls are placed in foster care families while boys are more likely to be sent to institutions. Speaking on Thursday at a forum on Safety and […]

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JA Lagging In Basic Mental-Health Services

Statistics showing the ratio of psychiatrist to patient as 1:1,582 has signalled to Dr Diana Thorburn, director of research at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute, that Jamaica has been lagging behind in basic mental-health services. “The international standard is 1:150. We are far outside of the international standard with respect to the mental-health services of […]

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Mental health crisis among Jamaican children

Jamaica is currently experiencing a mental health crisis among adolescents aged 14 to 17 and the problem is further compounded by a shortage of mental health specialists in the public sector to deal with the affected children. Chief executive officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency Rosalee Gage-Grey made the revelation yesterday at […]

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