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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Betancourt, Theresa S.; Brennan, Robert T.; Rubin-Smith, Julia; Fitzmaurice, Garrett M.; Gilman, Stephen E. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: To investigate the longitudinal course of internalizing and externalizing problems and adaptive/prosocial behaviors among Sierra Leonean former child soldiers and whether postconflict factors contribute to adverse or resilient mental health outcomes. Method: Male and female former child soldiers (N = 260, aged 10 to 17 years at…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Risk, Children, Foreign Countries
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Santor, Darcy A.; Poulin, Christiane; LeBlanc, John C.; Kusumakar, Vivek – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To examine the use and impact of a dedicated health information Web site for adolescents. Method: Five hundred fifty-eight (27.2%) of all students in grades 7 through 12 from 4 schools logged onto the Web site; 1775 (86.4%) of all students in these grades completed a year-end health survey, with 455 (81.5%) of the students who used the…
Descriptors: Internet, Identification, Emotional Problems, School Counselors
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Rodham, Karen; Hawton, Keith; Evans, Emma – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: To compare motives and premeditation between adolescent deliberate self-poisoners and self-cutters. Method: In a sample of 6,020 pupils aged 15 and 16 years who completed a self-report questionnaire, those who had deliberately cut themselves in the previous year (n = 220) were compared with those who had taken overdoses (n = 86).…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Statistical Analysis, Psychiatry, Methods