Health and Risk Communication

A special issue of Nicotine & Tobacco Research co-edited by APPC research director Dan Romer showcases research on the use of social media to promote tobacco products to young people.

For more than two decades, APPC has tracked how news stories erroneously linking the holiday season with suicide, despite national data showing that the suicide rate is largely seasonal & lower in winter.

Focusing on adolescent depression and bipolar disorder, Oxford University Press has published the latest two books in a series developed by APPC that is designed to aid parents in helping their teenagers deal with a variety of mental health conditions.

New research found that driving skills measured at the time of licensure on a virtual driving assessment, exposing drivers to common crash scenarios, helps predict crash risk.