News tagged with young people
Related topics: mental health , suicide , adolescents , young adults , alcohol
Majority of self-harming adolescents don't receive a mental health assessment in ERs
A national study of Medicaid data shows most young people who present to emergency departments with deliberate self-harm are discharged to the community, without receiving an emergency mental health assessment. Even more, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2012 |
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The lasting effects of violence on teen girls
(Medical Xpress) -- Throughout the world, although teenage boys are exposed to more violence than girls, girls tend to be more negatively affected by these experiences than boys. A new study shows the specific ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Seeing others smoke encourages young people to smoke more
Young people who smoke each day light up more cigarettes if they see other young smokers. Anti-smoking campaigns wrongly ignore this implicit effect, says Dutch researcher Zeena Harakeh.
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Jan 09, 2012 |
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Study finds nursing shortage may be easing
The number of young people becoming registered nurses has grown sharply since 2002, a trend that should ease some of the concern about a looming nursing shortage in the United States, according to a new study.
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Major report identifies significant gaps and weaknesses
Children and young people who have chronic health conditions or need operations don't always have access to the high-quality, child-friendly information they need to understand what is happening to them. That is the key finding ...
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Alcoholic liver problems soar among young adults
(Medical Xpress) -- The number of hospital admissions for people in their early 30s with alcoholic liver disease has increased by more than 400% in the North East – the national increase stands at 61%.
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Fewer young, but more elderly, have driver's license
A lower proportion of young people have a driver's license today compared to their counterparts in the early 1980s—a trend not found among older age groups, a University of Michigan study shows.
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Dec 02, 2011 |
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1 in 12 teenagers self-harm but most stop by their twenties
(Medical Xpress) -- Despite self-harm being one of the strongest predictors of completed suicide, 90% of young people who self-harm as adolescents cease self-harming once they reach young adulthood. However, ...
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Nov 18, 2011 |
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Higher minimum legal drinking ages linked to lower rates of suicides and homicides later in life
Prior to the 1984 passage of a uniform drinking-age limit of 21 years in the U.S., many states permitted the legal purchase of alcohol at age 18. These lower drinking ages have been associated with several adverse outcomes ...
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Nov 15, 2011 |
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Sleep does not benefit learning in older adults as it does for young people: study
(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroscientists have long known that memory, sleep quality and sleep duration deteriorate with age, yet sleep enhances two major types of learning in young people. To date, few investigations have looked ...
Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2011 |
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What sort of youth centers do young people really want?
Fifty secondary school children will debate the question 'If young people had more choice and control over the money spent on youth services, would they set up traditional youth centres?' Recent research at the University ...
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Nov 04, 2011 |
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Catching youth depression before it takes hold
Australian researchers will for the first time harness e-technology to develop a customised internet program to identify and arm healthy young people most at risk of depression before the disorder takes hold.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Heavy metal music has negative impacts on youth
Young people at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music. University of Melbourne researcher Dr Katrina McFerran has found.
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Oct 20, 2011 |
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Stigma adds to burden of psychosis
The stigma of psychosis can isolate carers and make them more reluctant to access crucial support, especially in migrant communities.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Study shows young adults want to recover from addiction but need help to make it happen
Young adults undergoing addiction treatment arrive ready and willing to make the personal changes that bring about recovery, but it's the help and guidance received during treatment that build and sustain those changes, according ...
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Sep 30, 2011 |
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