1.0 link 108516 <![CDATA[Psychology Of A Teen "Pregnancy Pact"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/22/psychology-of-a-teen-preg_n_108516.html The disturbing news that a "pregnancy pact" among teenage girls at Gloucester High School has resulted in at least 17 of them becoming pregnant, with one of the fathers apparently a homeless man, has people asking how such a pact could have come about. ABC News examines the underlying psychology:

"Teen pact behavior -- whether to get pregnant or to commit suicide -- has the same underlying characteristics," notes Dr. Carole Lieberman, Beverly Hills psychiatrist and a clinical faculty...
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