Psychology & Psychiatry
Bad sleep habits can depress teens
Nagging negative thoughts—and striving for perfection—keep teenagers awake at night, raising their chance of becoming depressed and anxious, a new study shows.
Mar 18, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Poor mental health both cause and effect of school exclusion
Children with mental health needs require urgent support from primary school onwards to avoid exclusion, which can be both cause and effect of poor mental health, new research concludes.
Jan 22, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
Depression puts South African girls at higher risk of contracting HIV
Teen girls in South Africa face an extraordinary threat of HIV: By the time they reach adulthood, one in four South African girls will have contracted the virus, and most are first infected during adolescence.
Nov 19, 2019
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Health
Sexual minority adolescents more likely to experience mental health problems
New research, published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, has found that adolescents from sexual minorities (those attracted to same sex or both sexes) in the UK are more likely to experience mental health problems, ...
Nov 18, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Diverging trends: Binge drinking and depression
Binge drinking among U.S. adolescents precipitously declined from 1991 to 2018, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Depressive symptoms among U.S. adolescents have sharply increased ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Strong family ties during teen years can help ward off depression in later life
Depression is a leading cause of disability and disease for people around the world. It often begins during adolescence, especially for females, may continue or recur in adulthood and tends to become a lifetime chronic health ...
Oct 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Increasing number of adolescents receive depression diagnosis
The proportion of young people in Finland diagnosed with depression in specialised services is increasing, showed a study based on an extensive set of national data. An increasing number of adolescents seek and get help, ...
Sep 11, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The type of psychological intervention a teen gets depends on parent's mental health
A parent's level of psychological distress may influence how well adolescents in the juvenile justice system respond to mental health interventions for substance use and sexual risk, according to a researcher at FIU's Center ...
Jul 26, 2019
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Medications
About 44% of high school seniors who misuse prescription drugs have multiple drug sources
Roughly 11% of high school seniors reported prescription drug misuse during the past year, and of those, 44% used multiple supply sources, according to a pair of University of Michigan studies.
Jul 17, 2019
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Pediatrics
Child psychiatry telephone programs help increase mental health services for children
Telephone hotlines that allow primary care doctors to immediately consult with a child psychiatrist about urgent patient problems appears to increase the number of children who receive aid, offering one strategy to help more ...
Jul 15, 2019
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