Teen smoking only leads to problems. Although it might seem cool to pull out a cigarette and smoke with friends, those few moments of feeling good isn’t worth the price. […]
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As schools, parents and adolescents work to find a synthesis between harnessing the advantages that digital technology has brought to our ability to learn, connect and communicate and the potential
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Post traumatic stress disorder, more commonly known as PTSD, can affect teenagers who have been through a traumatic event recently or earlier in childhood. There is some evidence that people
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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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A stigma is when people have a negative belief about a particular group. When it comes to substance abuse and the recovery process, those dealing with it often find that
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Parents who struggle with addiction to alcohol or drugs are more likely to have children who also struggle with addiction as they develop into adolescence and adulthood. However, if parents
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If your teen has struggled with a substance addiction, you’ve gone through all of the hard work of supporting him or her through treatment. They might have been in an
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In today’s world, everyone from elementary school students to senior citizens use the Internet to research just about anything. One common use of the World Wide Web is to look
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If your teen’s primary care doctor or mental health care doctor has recommended a treatment center, you might be feeling very overwhelmed. Is the situation an emergency, or can
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It’s common for teen substance use to begin because of peer pressure or because a teen wants to experiment. However, what keeps them using drugs and alcohol is another story.
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