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Facts About Teen Drinking
Even though drinking alcohol is illegal for people who are under the age of 21, alcohol plays a major role in the lives of many teenagers. more...
Could Dorm Choice Determine if Your Child Abuses Alcohol in College?
According to a report that was published in the November 2009 edition of the Journal of American College Health, college students who live in coeducational dormitories may be more likely to binge drink than are students who reside in single-sex dorms. more...
Getting Hooked to Succeed: College Students Increasingly Abusing ADHD Medications
Students can become overwhelmed by the pressures of college life and turn to prescription Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medication to help them focus. more...
Celebrity Rehab: Not as Glamorous as Teens Think
Parents of teenagers are often concerned about how much their children admire celebrities who are not good role models. But if parents don't intervene to discuss celebrity values and worship, that's where teens will go. more...
Innovative Treatment Addresses Neurobiological Basis of Addiction, Recovery
Recent decades have seen significant advances in our understanding of the neurobiological nature of addiction. One residential addiction recovery program that has done a particularly effective job of translating science-based insights into results-oriented treatment techniques that address the neurobiological impact of addiction is Passages to Recovery, a wilderness rehab program for young men in Utah. more...
Alcohol, Drug Abuse During Pregnancy Can Harm Mother and Child
For women who remain in the grip of drug addiction, alcohol dependency, or a similar substance abuse problem, pregnancy can pose a wide range of unique and potentially devastating dangers. more...
Why Longer Is Better for Teen Substance Abuse Treatment
Long-term drug rehab has proven to be the most effective form of substance abuse treatment for teens. more...
Understanding the Language of Intoxication May Enhance Effectiveness of Gender-Specific Treatment Programs
The use of different words by different people to describe similar experiences with alcohol may be having a significant effect on how those experiences are measured, quantified, and in cases of dependence and addiction, treated. In other words, drunk by any other name may be something altogether different. more...
Scientists Discover a Genetic Link to Cigarette Smoking Addiction
In a study published recently, scientists highlighted the advances that are being made in genetics research; particularly in terms of identifying gene variants that increase the risk of bio-behavioral disorders, such as addiction to cigarette smoking. more...
Authorities Cracking Down on Parents who Provide Alcohol to Minors
What parents need to know about the risks of providing alcohol to underage youth. more...
U.S. Youth Bombarded by Ads for Alcohol
The alcohol industry spends about $2 billion on advertising every year - an expenditure that paid for more than two million television spots and 20,000 magazine ads. more...
Abuse of Painkillers on the Rise Among Young Adults
The illicit use of prescription pain killers is on the rise among American teens and young adults. more...
The Power of the Paw: Dog Therapy Achieves Stunning Results with Struggling Teens
From troubled teens and incarcerated adults to individuals who are suffering from a wide range of developmental and cognitive-behavioral disorders, canine therapy programs have produced stunning results, with many four-footed participants fostering connections with those whom others had written off as being beyond salvageable. more...
Modern Rites of Passage in the Wilderness: Guiding Young People to a Sober Adulthood
Much of what you read about wilderness therapy speaks of the life skills young people learn in the wilderness, such as communication, teamwork, and understanding natural consequences, which teach them to build positive relationships and pull themselves out of the pitfalls of adolescence. And all of that is certainly true. But equally, if not more important, is the broader opportunity in wilderness therapy for young people to mark their transition into adulthood. more...
Mental Health Experts: Teen Suicide Rates Remain Disturbingly High
Between 1993 and 2003, the nation's teen suicide rate experienced a steady decline, but that positive trend ended with a stunning 18-percent spike in 2004. Experts had hoped that the data for 2005 (which was released in a Sept. 3, 2008 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association) would be more in line with the 10-year decline; when the report was released, though, the data proved to be less than encouraging. more...
Teens Enticed by Herbal Substances That Might Not Be Safe
Teens may be attracted to herbal supplements for a variety of reasons. The drugs can be relatively easy to acquire, they are not illegal, and they appear to promise significant (and safe) results. When it comes to medications and supplements, though, equating herbal with harmless can be a decidedly dangerous thing to do. more...

What Science Says About Teen Addictions and What It Means for Parents of Teens

A federal study found that alcoholism often begins in the teen years. The researchers took into account other factors such as race, gender and family history of alcoholism and adjusted their figures accordingly. The new research does not necessarily mean that teen drinking causes alcoholism in later life, just that it starts earlier than we thought. Read more about what science says about teen addictions.

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