HealthDay (9/2, Preidt) reports, “Cyberbullying is less common among teens who feel loved and supported by their parents,” investigators concluded after analyzing survey “responses from more than 12,600 U.S. youth aged 11 to 15 years” in which the children “were asked about their bullying behaviors and their relationship with their parents.” The study revealed that “the more adolescents considered their parents as loving, the less likely they were to cyberbully, the survey findings” revealed. The findings were published online in the International Journal of Bullying Prevention.

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— “Cyberbullying Could Rise During Lockdown, But Parents Can Stop It “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, September 2, 2020

NBC News (9/3, Kingkade) reports researchers “found active shooter drills in schools correlated with a 42 percent increase in anxiety and stress and a 39 percent increase in depression among those in the school community, including students, teachers and parents, based on their social media posts,” according to a report released by Everytown for Gun Safety. The report is based “on research from Georgia Tech’s Social Dynamics and Wellbeing Lab, which analyzed 27.9 million tweets and 1,454 Reddit posts that came from accounts with connections to 114 schools in 33 states that held active shooter drills in the 2018-19 academic year.”

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— “Active shooter drills are meant to prepare students. But research finds ‘severe’ side effects “Tyler Kingkade, NBC News , September 3, 2020

The AP (9/2, Tanner) reports researchers at Boston University found “half of U.S. adults surveyed reported at least some signs of depression, such as hopelessness, feeling like a failure or getting little pleasure from doing things,” which is “double the rate from a different survey two years ago.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.

HealthDay (9/2, Reinberg) and MedPage Today (9/2, Hlavinka) also cover the story.

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— “Depression, anxiety spike amid outbreak and turbulent times “Lindsey Tanner, AP, September 2, 2020

NPR (9/1, Hamilton) reports on the challenges and benefits of distance learning for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) “and other learning disabilities.” For some children, not being “around peers” can make it “easier to focus.” For other youngsters, however, distractions in the home make distance learning much more difficult, and lack of peer interaction, “recess and the physical activity that goes with it” may prove trying to both kids and their parents. Several parents and experts are interviewed in the article.

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— “Remote Learning’s Distractions Put Extra Pressure On Students With ADHD “Jon Hamilton, NPR, September 1, 2020

Psychiatric News (9/1) reports, “Racial and ethnic discrimination may increase the risk that members of minority groups will experience severe alcohol use disorder,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data from 17,115 racial/ethnic minorities who participated in the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol-Related Conditions III (NESARC-III), a national survey that took place in 2012-2013.” The findings were published online ahead of print in the November issue of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

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— “Discrimination May Increase Risk of Severe Alcohol Use in Minorities Psychiatric News, September 1, 2020