The Roundup contains information about all of the latest news, commentary, reports, surveys, issue briefs, charts, and fact sheets related to boys' issues collected by our staff during the preceding week.

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News Clips

• Friends Can Be Dangerous
  The paper in question, written with my former student Margo Gardner, appeared in the journal Developmental Psychology in July 2005. It described a study in which we randomly assigned subjects to play a video driving game, either alone or with two same-age friends watching them. The mere presence of peers made teenagers take more risks and crash more often, but no such effect was observed among adults.
  New York Times
  April 25, 2014

• AACAP announces policy statement opposing marijuana legalization
  The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) released a policy statement opposing efforts to legalize marijuana.
  Your Houston News
  April 25, 2014

• Military suicide: Often young, white men with guns
  The Pentagon released final data on military suicides during 2012, painting a general picture of those more likely to take their own lives: Young, white men who used a gun and often had some history of mental health issues.
  San Jose Mercury News
  April 25, 2014

• CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS RELEASE FIRST SET OF COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINES FOR MALE FAMILY PLANNING AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
  "These recommendations can serve as the foundation for further clinical recommendations and guidelines that advance male health.They will also help spur research that identifies and addresses gaps in our knowledge about males' health care needs."" said Dennis Barbour, executive director of the Partnership for Male Youth. "They also underscore the importance of our health provider toolkit for adolescent and young adult males that we released earlier this year."
  The Partnership for Male Youth
  April 24, 2014

• Measles on Upswing Despite Vaccines' Effectiveness: CDC
  Vaccinations have prevented an estimated 732,000 deaths, 21 million hospitalizations and 322 million illnesses among U.S. children born in the last 20 years, according to a government report released Thursday.
  Medline Plus
  April 24, 2014

• Bullying Rates Drop Among American Teens: Study
  American teens are much less likely to engage in bullying than they were a decade ago, new research suggests.
  Healthfinder.gov
  April 24, 2014

• Large Number of Boys on Prescription Drugs for Mental Health Issues
  Newly released data from the National Center for Health Statistics finds more than seven percent of children ages 6 to 17 have used prescription medication during the past six months for emotional or behavioral difficulties.More boys than girls were using these medications according to the National Health Interview Survey 2011-2012.  The survey finds 9.7 percent of boys used prescribed medication for emotional or behavioral issues compared to 5.2 percent of females. The highest percentage was among white children followed by blacks then Hispanics.
  wsbradio.com
  April 24, 2014

• SEXUALITY MATTERS: The masculine man � is he more than just a sexual beast?
  Men are often perceived as insatiable sexual beasts driven by a sex drive that renders them powerless to think and operate without it. Reportedly, men think about sex an astounding 8,000 times a day. However, is the key to understanding men really as simple as recognizing their urges?
  Delaware News Network
  April 22, 2014

• Brief screening instrument for adolescent substance abuse shows promise
  A new screening test has shown promise in successfully identifying substance use in adolescents, which is crucial to pediatricians as even low levels of usage may indicate a need to intervene, according to Sharon M. Kelly, Ph.D., of Friends Research Institute in Baltimore, and her associates.
  Clinical Psychiatry News
  April 22, 2014

• Too Much Codeine Still Prescribed to U.S. Kids: Study
  Emergency room physicians still hand out hundreds of thousands of codeine prescriptions for children every year, despite warnings that kids' responses to codeine vary wildly and the drug can cause an accidental overdose, a new study finds.
  Medline Plus
  April 21, 2014

• Half of jailed NYC youths have a brain injury, study shows
  About half of all 16- to 18-year-olds coming into New York City's jails say they had a traumatic brain injury before being incarcerated, most caused by assaults, according to a new study that's the latest in a growing body of research documenting head trauma among young offenders.
  Fox News
  April 21, 2014

• The shocking number of new STD cases each year
  Nearly 20 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases occur every year in the U.S., according to a recent report by the CDC. That's over 54,000 new cases per day!
  And unfortunately, that number has been increasing in recent years, according to Lynn Barclay, President and CEO of the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA).
  Fox News
  April 21, 2014

• Teen dating abuse is common and complex, studies say
  More than a third of teen guys and girls say they've been physically, emotionally or sexually abused in their dating relationships, according to new, unpublished data from a nationwide survey. Similar numbers of both sexes say they've been abusers.
  USA Today
  April 17, 2014

• Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Expands Male Health Services Under the Affordable Care Act
  Under the new clarification Medicare will reimburse at the 90% level under the ACA for male contraceptive and STI counseling services, regardless of whether they are provided as "follow up" to a family planning visit.
  The Partnership for Male Youth
  April 17, 2014

• Girly Girls, Manly Men Have Higher Cancer Risk
  Manly boys and girly girls are more likely to engage in behaviors that increase their risk of cancer, according to a new study. New research reveals that 'feminine' girls and 'masculine' boys are significantly more likely to engage in behaviors that boost cancer risks., 
  Counsel and Heal
  April 16, 2014

International News

AUSTRALIA

• Boys taught it is OK to cry
  Perth boys will be taught that it is acceptable to cry and encouraged to express their feelings as part of a pilot program to be held next month.
  The West Australian
  April 22, 2014

UK

• Breaking the silence: why we should be talking about male eating disorders
  An eating disorder doesn’t consider your gender. It is indiscriminate.
  New Statesman
  April 16, 2014

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