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Can Summer Jobs Prevent Teen Suicide? Holding a summer job has surprising benefits for teens at risk of suicide. Continue reading Can Summer Jobs Prevent Teen Suicide?
Study Shows Virginity Pledges Prevent Precautions, Not Premarital Sex A study has found that "virginity pledges," vows to abstain from sex until marriage, have no effect on whether teenagers have sex, but do decrease the use of precautions against pregnancy and STDs. Continue reading Study Shows Virginity Pledges Prevent Precautions, Not Premarital Sex
One in Five Young Adults Has Mental Health Disorder Almost one in five people between the ages of 19 and 25 suffers from a personality disorder such as social anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, though few seek help. Continue reading One in Five Young Adults Has Mental Health Disorder
Most Children On Antidepressants Not Receiving Therapy A large-scale study on children and teens on antidepressants shows that at least half do not receive therapy in conjunction with medication. The study used data from a database of 6.8 million youth with insurance claims for antidepressants. Data showed that only about 40 percent also received a referral for at least one therapy session. Continue reading Most Children On Antidepressants Not Receiving Therapy
Teen Insomnia Increases Risk of Depression and Substance Abuse Teens with sleeping troubles are vulnerable to depression, drug use, binge drinking and suicidal ideation later in life, shows new research published in the journal SLEEP. Continue reading Teen Insomnia Increases Risk of Depression and Substance Abuse
Youth Suicides High For Second Year After a decade of decline, youth suicides soared by 18 percent between 2003 and 2004. New figures from 2005, the most recent year available, show that teen suicide rates dropped slightly but remained significantly higher than expected, suggesting the spike is not an anomaly. Continue reading Youth Suicides High For Second Year
One in Five Teens Smokes A new survey of teenagers by German researchers show that one in five teens and preteens smokes cigarettes. The study examined more than 7000 adolescents and their parents. Results showed that 20.5 percent of boys and 20.3 percent of girls smoked. Continue reading One in Five Teens Smokes
Teens with TVs Engage in Unhealthy Habits It may come as no surprise that teenagers with televisions in their rooms get less exercise than those without (1.8 hours per week versus 2.5 hours to be exact) but findings to be released in the May issue of Pediatrics show negative effects extend to eating. Continue reading Teens with TVs Engage in Unhealthy Habits
Youth Who Feel Unsafe Have Trouble Delaying Gratification Would you behave differently if you thought you could die tomorrow? For youngsters growing up in areas where personal safety is often at risk, this question informs daily behavior. Continue reading Youth Who Feel Unsafe Have Trouble Delaying Gratification
Low Serotonin, Fights with Mom a Deadly Combo for Girls Sixty-four percent of teen girls who engage in self-harm share two factors in common: low levels of serotonin, a chemical associated with mood quality, and conflicts with their mothers. This finding comes as a result of a study by University of Washington ... Continue reading Low Serotonin, Fights with Mom a Deadly Combo for Girls
When Medication Fails, Combination Therapy May Help Depressed Teens For the 40 percent of clinically depressed teenagers who do not respond to their first antidepressant treatment, a combination of medication and psychotherapy has an excellent chance of providing successful treatment. Continue reading When Medication Fails, Combination Therapy May Help Depressed Teens
PsychBriefs: January 6-12, 2008 Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Continue reading PsychBriefs: January 6-12, 2008
Perceptions of Populariy Influence Weight Gain in Adolescent Girls Being unpopular may be bad for physical as well as emotional health of teenage girls. A new study finds that girls who rate themselves as having low social standing weigh in at an average of two body mass index (BMI) points above their more popular peers. Continue reading Perceptions of Populariy Influence Weight Gain in Adolescent Girls
ADHD Brains Mature Three Years Later Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder delays development of certain regions of the brain by an average of three years shows a study of 446 youth with and without the disorder. Continue reading ADHD Brains Mature Three Years Later
PsychBriefs: September 2-8, 2007 Suicide Rates Rise in U.S. Girls A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 2004 suicide rates shows an eight percent increase in suicides among Americans age 10 to 24 following a 13-year decline. This increase was most dramatic among gir... Continue reading PsychBriefs: September 2-8, 2007
Teen Suicides Increase After Antidepressant Warnings In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European regulators issued warnings against the use of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in children and adolescents. Shortly thereafter, the FDA issued a mandate sta... Continue reading Teen Suicides Increase After Antidepressant Warnings
More Teens Engaging in Self-Injury Research published in the August 2007 issue of Psychological Medicine indicates that Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI), the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent, has increased among high school students. Led by rese... Continue reading More Teens Engaging in Self-Injury
Teen Girls in Juvenile Centers More Aggressive Than Male Peers Incarcerated teen girls are more aggressive than boys in or out of juvenile detention centers, reports a study in the July issue of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice which shows that the percentage of girls that are aggressive while incarcerated is nearly... Continue reading Teen Girls in Juvenile Centers More Aggressive Than Male Peers
Dating Violence, Sexual Assault Linked To Suicide In Urban Teens According to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, recent dating violence among urban teen females and lifetime history of sexual assault among urban teen males may be associated with suicide attempts. According to the ... Continue reading Dating Violence, Sexual Assault Linked To Suicide In Urban Teens
Study Challenges Beliefs About Teen Sex For sex education programs to be eligible for federal and state funding as abstinence-only programs, they must teach that "[s]exual activity outside the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects." However, a study appe... Continue reading Study Challenges Beliefs About Teen Sex
Internet Helps Teens Bond With Real-Life Pals Hours spent in front of the computer might not be the worst thing for teens after all--especially when it comes to their social lives. While findings from the early days of the Internet showed that teens mainly communicated online primarily with strangers ... Continue reading Internet Helps Teens Bond With Real-Life Pals
Survey Shows 'Cyberbullying' Up With the ever-increasing use of blogs, instant messaging and social networking sites among teens and children has come a rise in bullying via the Internet, or "cyberbullying," a study published in the most recent issue of Pediatrics says. In a survey of te... Continue reading Survey Shows 'Cyberbullying' Up
Short-lived Depressive Symptoms in Teens Lead Scientists to Re-examine Antidepressant Evaluation Methods A study published in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology showed that the the short duration of depressive symptoms in teens makes it difficult to gauge the efficacy of antidepressants versus placebos. Continue reading Short-lived Depressive Symptoms in Teens Lead Scientists to Re-examine Antidepressant Evaluation Methods
Teens Under-Use Empathy Region of Brain Teenagers under-use the region of the brain involved in considering their own and other people's emotions according to a study presented at the BA Festival of Science at University College London. Continue reading Teens Under-Use Empathy Region of Brain
Depression Linked to Risky Sex Behavior in African-American Youth A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School reveals that African American adolescents with symptoms of depression are more than four times likely to engage in risky sexual behavior. Continue reading Depression Linked to Risky Sex Behavior in African-American Youth
Eleven Percent of Girls Report Self-Harm In a survey of more than 6,000 15- and 16-year-old British students, researchers from the Universities of Bath and Oxford found that 11% of teenage girls and 3% of teenage boys had engaged in self-harm. Continue reading Eleven Percent of Girls Report Self-Harm
Teens At Risk With Both Main and Casual Sex Partners A study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School has showed that teens are more likely to use condoms with partners they perceive as "casual" than with a "main" or serious partner. However, the study also foun... Continue reading Teens At Risk With Both Main and Casual Sex Partners |
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