Adolescents

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Psychotropic Drugs: Parameter Introduced For Children And Adolescents

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Children, Health, Psychotropic Drugs, Adolescents, Psychiatric Drugs, Psychology, Children's Health, Medicine, Practice Parameter on the Use of Psychotropic Medication in Children and Adolescents., Living News

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to announce its new practice parameter on the use of psychotropic medications...

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Acne May Be Helped By Changes In Diet

wellness.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Problem Skin, Dieting Tips, Acne, Chocolate, Vegetables, Diet Advice, Food, Adolescents, Clear Skin, Diet, Teenagers, Living News

Researchers in Norway have made associations between acne, high intake of chocolate and chips and low intake of vegetables....

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Adolescents Losing Sleep Over "It"

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Energy Drinks, Health, Teens, Adolescents, Caffeine, Weight Loss, Weight, Obesity, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Living News

A new study indicates that obesity among teens is associated with less sleep, with two notable culprits: technology and sleep issues. Follow these tips to improve your sleeping habits.

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Adolescent Depression: Do We Have the Will to Make a Difference?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescents, Adolescent-Depression, Depression, Preventative Healthcare, Mental Health, Teenagers, Living News

We need to have the will to make depression screening for adolescents a standard of care for primary care: to make it a required field in the electronic medical record and a quality standard for health plans and hospitals.

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ABCs of the Birds and the Bees

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescents, Email, Teen Pregnancy, Cell Phones, Internet Safety, Texting, Instant Messaging, Teenage Girls, Technology, Parents, Living News

Her son was essentially friendless for the first few months of middle school because he wasn't texting and was therefore, out of the mix.

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Remembering the Days of Remembrance

Joan Garry | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescents, The Holocaust, Survivors, Class Trips, Days of Remembrance, Living News

Obama, the first president to ever host a White House seder, was at the Capitol Rotunda at 11am this morning helping us all to remember to the Holocaust.

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Rutting Teens...It Must be Spring

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Adolescents, Teen Sex, Medieval, Sex, Privacy, Teenagers, Style News

They were doing it in the spring sunshine yesterday afternoon. A young boy and girl were doing it on a chaise down by the pool area that we share with about 30 other homes.

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Facebook And Kids: Are Their Brains Ready for Social Networking?

Kari Henley | Posted 04.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Internet, Internet Safety, Brain-Development, Teens, Addiction, Adolescents, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Cyber Bullying, Teenagers on Facbeook, Peggy Orenstein, Facebook and Kids, Living News

As a mother, I have recently discovered Facebook. My kids knew about it long ago and I poo pooed it as another mindless waste of time. Finally, I join...

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Leave Them Kids Alone!

Alan Miller | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Childrens Health, Children, Sex Education, Sex, Texting, Teenagers, Sexting, Adolescent-Sex, Teenage-Sex, Adolescents, Parenting, Teen Texting, Teen-Sex, Adolescence, Overbearing Parents, Dirty Texting, Technology, Style News

Our inability as a society to be clear about morality and sex these days, with adults increasingly seemingly incapable of holding the line about what is right and wrong in an age dominated by relativism means that often kids do not get clear enough boundaries.

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Getting Down to Risky Business: Response to Recent Survey Findings Regarding Teens Divulging Risky Business Online

Dania Sacks March | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescents, Teenagers, Teens, Living News

If, as adults, we aren't changing our behaviors, with our nice, tidy, developed pre-frontal cortexes, then how can we expect teens to do it?

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In the Hands of Adolescents

Janet Ritz | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Wall Street Crisis, Failure of Leadership, John Boehner, Economy, Nancy Pelosi, Adolescents, Voter Suppression, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Credit Crisis, Politics News

I don't presume to know the best course for our economy but I do know that after eight years of being in the hands of adolescents, I'm exhausted.

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Facebook and Crackberries: Breeding A Disconnected Generation

Morgan Warners | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living

Read More: College Students, Adolescents, Internet, Youth, Technology, Facebook, Crackberry Addiction, Crackberry, Living News

I must be an old foagie at heart. Am I really going to protest the evils of Facebook, the problems with iPods and Crackberries and instant email and i...

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