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Mental Problems among Delinquent Teens
Psych Central 9/30/2008
Tuesday, Sep 30 (Psych Central) -- A new study finds that nearly one out of five delinquent youths suffer from traumatic brain injury which can contribute to wide ranging mental illnesses.
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Culture Shapes Young People's Drinking Habits
Medical News Today 9/29/2008
Whether young people get drunk as a purposeful behavior or as an unintended consequence depends on what country they live in, according to new research on young people in seven countries.
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Prepare For College Mental Health Crisis
Psych Central 9/26/2008
Friday, Sep 26 (Psych Central) -- According to experts, an estimated 15 percent of students experience some form of mental illness — such as major depression –while in college.
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Depressed Youths Benefit From Therapy, Medication
PsycPort 9/26/2008
Suicide is a very real risk for young people who suffer from clinical depression. In fact, during the past two years, suicide has increased among youths between the ages of 10 and 19. But there are treatments that can help.
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College students increasingly seek mental health counseling
PsycPort 9/25/2008
Counseling directors point to a number of possible explanations: More students come with pre-existing mental illnesses. Improvements in psychotropic medications may mean students who wouldn't have gone to college in the past are now able to attend. College is increasingly more demanding than students' high school experiences. Many feel pressure to be perfect. More lack health insurance and can't afford to seek outside help.
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Anxiety trickles down to children
PsycPort 9/24/2008
Across the country, as the economic squeeze is tightening on America's families, it's causing a ripple effect on some forgotten victims: kids.
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The Freshman 15: Shifting the Focus from Weight to Well-Being
Psych Central 9/22/2008
Top on the list of concerns for many students isn’t just the typical challenges of college—filled with entering a new environment, getting good grades, making friends and dealing with roommates—it’s the feared Freshman 15. While students might know that gaining 15 pounds their freshman year (according to research, the average is actually eight pounds) is by no means fact or foreshadowing, many still worry, seeing the added pounds as impending.
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Finding a college for students with special needs
PsycPort 9/19/2008
Students with learning disabilities are applying to college this fall at more than five times the rate of the 1980s - and facing a confusing thicket of special-needs jargon in the process.
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Mother’s Stress Influences Child’s Obesity
Psych Central 9/18/2008
An interesting new study finds a mother’s stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food.
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Teen drivers with ADD a problem on the road
CNN 9/16/2008
Researchers reported driving can be a serious problem for teens with ADD and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Motor vehicle accidents already are the leading cause of death among teenagers in the U.S., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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