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Kids, Not Teachers, Challenge Gender Roles
November 03, 2009 04:45 PM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Even trained teachers may have trouble implementing gender equality in the classroom, while children often challenge the boundaries of sex roles on their own.

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Study Shows Virginity Pledges Prevent Precautions, Not Premarital Sex
December 29, 2008 10:08 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

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.

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PsychBriefs: January 13-19, 2008
January 19, 2008 04:49 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work.

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PsychBriefs: November 25-December 1, 2007
December 01, 2007 05:50 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work.

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PsychBriefs: October 21-27, 2007
October 26, 2007 06:54 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work.

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PsychBriefs: September 30-October 6, 2007
October 05, 2007 11:35 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

More Evidence for Influence of Cinematic Smoking A study of 1,528 adults age 18 to 25 highlights the impact of on-screen smoking on young adults. Comparing subjects' exposure to smoking in films over the past 30 days to rates of smoking, investigators found...

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PsychBriefs: August 19 - 25, 2007
August 24, 2007 10:11 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Boys with Reading Problems Fare Better with Female Teachers A study of 175 third- and fourth-grade boys in a ten-week read...

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Sleep Sex: More Nightmare Than Dream Come True
June 13, 2007 09:49 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

From "dirty talk" to intercourse, men and women suffering from a rare but legitimate set of disorders may engage in a variety of sexual activity, both alone or involving others, all while asleep. Because amnesia is a symptom, those who sleep alone may never...

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Early Sexual Experience Linked to Teen Delinquency
February 27, 2007 10:05 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Adolescents who start having sex a year or more earlier than their peers are 20 percent more likely to commit acts of delinquency such as stealing, vandalizing property and selling drugs. Meanwhile students who waited longer than the average student at thei...

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Criminal Exhibitionists Likely to Re-Offend
November 17, 2006 10:49 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

A long-term study of exhibitionists published in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law shows that they are likely to offend again or commit additional sexual offenses. Researchers followed 208 male exhibtionists from 1983 to 1996. O...

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Article: Mental Illness and Intimate Relationships
November 13, 2006 03:59 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

For years, mental health professionals have urged patients with severe mental illness to avoid romantic relationships or simply failed to address the sexuality of their clients. However, both studies on these individuals and a new website giving a voice to...

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Depression Linked to Risky Sex Behavior in African-American Youth
September 05, 2006 10:54 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

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.

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Teens At Risk With Both Main and Casual Sex Partners
August 23, 2006 03:31 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

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...

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