5140.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Mental Ilness in Children: Epidemiology and Risk Factors

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Beth E. Molnar, ScD
12:30 PMEmergence of gender differences in depression during adolescence: National panel results from the USA, Canada and Great Britain
Terrance Wade, PhD, John Cairney, MA(PhDcand), David J. Pevalin, MA
12:45 PMEpidemiology of firesetting in childhood: The role of peer rejection and being shy and aggressive
Yi-Hua Chen, MHS, Amelia M. Arria, PhD, James C. Anthony, PhD
1:00 PMPopulation-based assessment of adolescent suicidal behaviors in Onondaga County, New York
Donald A. Cibula, PhD, Stacey L. Barone, BS, Mary Jumbelic, MD, Mark Johnston, MD, MPH, Kelly Polinsky, BA, Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH
1:15 PMComing in through the roof: A multi-level analysis of the influence of neighborhood violence on the physical assault of children within the home
Beth E. Molnar, ScD, Stephen L. Buka, ScD, Daniel J. Kindlon, PhD, Felton Earls, MD
The following abstracts have been withdrawn by the authors:
Social variation in the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study compared: A contextual systems model of children's biopsychosocial resources
Amanda Sacker, Dr, Ingrid Schoon, Dr, Mel Bartley, Dr
Sponsor:Mental Health
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Disability Forum; Epidemiology; Social Work

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA