{"id":562,"date":"2009-01-15T18:37:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T17:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=562"},"modified":"2015-12-28T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T15:30:52","slug":"birte-twisselmann-on-bmj-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2009\/01\/15\/birte-twisselmann-on-bmj-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Birte Twisselmann on BMJ in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the medical myths from the BMJ<\/em>‘s Christmas issue are still making headlines, it’s difficult teenagers that have caught the media’s attention this week. A research paper<\/a> (with accompanying podcast<\/a>) on outcomes of conduct problems in adolescence – a 40 year follow-up of the British 1946 birth cohort has been widely cited. The BBC stays reassuringly vague: “Behaviour link to lifelong health” and news channel CNN.com warns cautiously that “Misbehaving teens may be at risk for major adulthood problems.” The Gazette Montreal<\/em> agrees that “Troubled teens also struggle as adults” – but it’s the Straits Times Singapore<\/em> that has the gloomiest outlook: “Naughty in school, fail in life.”<\/p>\n

What problems will the adolescents with conduct problems face exactly? Science Daily<\/em> predicts these in general terms: “Behavioral difficulties at school may lead to lifelong health and social problems,” whereas the Guardian <\/em>actually names two: “Tearaway teenagers prone to depression and divorce as adults.”<\/p>\n

And finally, a Christmas BMJ paper made it into last week’s BBC quiz of the week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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