One of my teenage patients who is trying to quit smoking passed along the following tip, which may help young smokers in your practice: The patient told me that she carries around a package of colorful straws and places one in her mouth when she feels a craving for a cigarette. She says that blowing through the straw and biting on it helps simulate the experience of having a cigarette in her mouth and reduces her need to smoke by giving her mouth something to do.
Stacey Maslow, MDFramingham, Mass.
Early risk factors associated with behavioral dysregulation trajectories
June 2nd 2023Risk detection practices and targeted interventions promoting adaptive developmental trajectories for at-risk children can be successful by identifying the earliest antecedents of persisting emotional and behavioral dysregulation.
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