In the past 30 days, approximately 1/3 of high school students used some alcohol. For some of them, it might have been a single drink, perhaps consumed out of curiosity. […]
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When your child gets into the teen years, most pediatricians and family doctors like to see them privately. At that age, it’s time for kids to start taking control of
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The relationship between you and your teen might be strained at times; this is often a normal part of the growing up process for adolescents. In some cases, however, parents
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Stress: Everyone has it. This includes you, your boss, your partner, and even your kids. While stress is not, in itself, necessarily a bad thing, having too much stress can
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Today’s teens are pretty stressed out. Between keeping up with school, going to sports practice or rehearsal for the school play, holding down a part-time job, meeting their household responsibilities,
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It may go without saying that teens who are involved in gangs are going to have some type of mental health problem. Due to the violence that members of gangs
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You already have a lot on your plate, and if you are busy with work, kids, school, household obligations, volunteer opportunities, and various relationships in your life, getting a pet
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If you have a teenager, you’re likely used to seeing him or her interact via electronic media with friends. Just as you may have talked on the phone incessantly as
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Historically, people would not received a diagnosis for personality disorders until they were at least in their 20’s. The nature of the illness indicates a long-term unhealthy pattern of thought and behavior
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Mental illness is one of those subjects that many families don’t talk about. It’s a type of problem that members of other families get. It’s the type of illness that
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