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School-based mental health screening for teens results in connection to care

August 28, 2011

School-based mental health screening for teens results in connection to care. Adolescence is an important window for intervention because 50 percent of all lifetime mental health disorders start by age 14, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Untreated depression and other mental health problems can lead to school failure, drug and alcohol abuse, [...]

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An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States – NYTimes.com

July 17, 2011

In case you had not heard about bath salts abuse: An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States – NYTimes.com. Though they come in powder and crystal form like traditional bath salts — hence their name — they differ in one crucial way: they are used as recreational drugs. People typically snort, inject or [...]

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Training in Positive Thinking May Help Anxious Teens – iVillage

July 14, 2011

Training in Positive Thinking May Help Anxious Teens – iVillage. Researchers from Oxford University in the United Kingdom found that training youth to bring a bias toward either positive or negative interpretations of unclear social situations could influence how the teens felt about those interactions and their subsequent mood. Read More http://www.ivillage.com/training-positive-thinking-may-help-anxious-teens/4-a-364796#ixzz1S6i7w6lk

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How Parents Can Best Care For An Adult Child of Addiction

June 23, 2011

Your teenager has turned 18 and they are no longer your child, now an adult. They have been troubled in their teen years and it extends into adulthood. Some young adults may recognize they have a problem and that they need help. Others just keep tripping over themselves. As parents we often wonder what can [...]

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Parenting Tiger Mother Style

June 2, 2011

Lon Woodbury at Struggling Teens recently wrote a blog post about his experience hearing Amy Chua speak and the difference between his expectations of her and what he actually came away with.

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10 Tips for Parents to Prevent Teen Substance Abuse

May 18, 2011

I was recently asked “What are 5 to 10 things parents can do when their children are in middle and high school to prevent substance abuse?” Now that I am nearing the end of my “troubled teen” parenting years I wish I had the answer. Personally I don’t think  as parents we can “prevent” substance [...]

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Survey Shows Teens May Be Having Less Sex

April 25, 2011

According to the survery: They found a large reduction in sexual activity among young adults ages 15 to 24. According to the survey, about 29 percent of women and 27 percent of men had NOT had sexual contact with the opposite sex. This was a sharp increase from 2002, when about 23 percent of young [...]

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Prescription Drug Abuse Takes A Toll

April 19, 2011

This is not the only town that suffers from Prescription Drug Abuse. It is a growing epidemic in this country and may surpass alcohol and marijuana. Lock up your drugs if not for your household members but for those that come and visit. It is all too tempting and captures the most unsuspecting. Prescription Drug [...]

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