News tagged with adolescent substance abuse
Heavy alcohol use suggests a change in normal cognitive development in adolescents
Alcohol, to an adolescent, is often seen as a rite of passage. Many teenagers view alcohol (as well as other drugs) as a gateway to adulthood, but are often blissfully unaware of the damage that it can cause to their bodies. ...
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Puberty in girls delayed with alcohol, tobacco use
The list of possible health effects from an early introduction to alcohol and tobacco use has just gotten longer. A new study suggests that early drinking and smoking might delay onset of puberty in girls — but the operative ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Adolescent Risk-Taking Has Major Consequences When It Comes To Marriage
(PhysOrg.com) -- A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens -- especially girls who abuse marijuana -- marry ...
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Apr 21, 2009 |
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Studies touting China's treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity
(Phys.org) -- Excessive Internet usage has been linked to an array of problems, from structural changes in the brain to depression, poor social skills, violent outbursts and sexual promiscuity. In China, concerns ...
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Apr 27, 2012 |
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Study shows family solution to teen troubles
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do you keep at-risk teens off drugs and out of trouble? According to a new University of Georgia study, family can make a difference.
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Jan 06, 2012 |
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Songs about sex – how they affect kids
Do sexualized lyrics in popular music have an impact on the sexual behavior and attitudes of adolescents? Researchers Cougar Hall, Joshua H. West, and Shane Hill from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, take a look at ...
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Sep 06, 2011 |
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Key diagnostic deadline draws near for psychiatrists and 'new' DSM conditions
"Where are we going to put the narcissists?" It was a question asked urgently by one of the hundreds of psychiatrists gathered here last week for their professional society's annual meeting. With doctors in the thick of a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 25, 2011 |
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Opioids now most prescribed class of medications
Two reports by addiction researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse show a drastic shift in prescribing patterns impacting the magnitude of opioid substance abuse ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Mothers abused during childhood at risk for having low birth weight babies
Mothers who were maltreated as children have increased risk for giving birth to low birth weight babies. The findings, by researchers at the University of Washington, are the first to show that maternal maltreatment can affect ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Children of women who smoked during pregnancy at increased risk of becoming smokers: study
New research has revealed that prenatal exposure to nicotine increases the vulnerability to nicotine self-administration in adolescent mice. The results support the hypothesis that adolescents with prenatal nicotine exposure ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Early male friendship as a precursor to substance abuse in girls
In childhood, boys and girls tend to form friendships almost exclusively with same-sex peers. Around early adolescence, they gradually begin to include other-sex friends in their network. A new study published in Journal of ...
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Mar 10, 2011 |
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Foster parents receive more support than kinship caregivers, study finds
Children who are placed with a relative because of mistreatment at home fare better in some areas than those placed in foster care, but they may have a higher risk of substance use and teenage pregnancy.
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Racial and ethnic minority adolescents less likely to receive treatment for major depression
Adolescence can herald the onset of major depression and the associated short- and long-term consequences including developmental and social impairment. Research that focuses on access to treatment for adolescents with depression ...
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Feb 22, 2011 |
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