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Teenagers Mental Health

Understanding Why Teens Love Disaster, Distress And Dystopian Lit

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Harold Koplewicz

These books that deal with anorexia, cyber-bullying, self-mutilation, alcoholic parents, and vampiric sex strike a nerve with teenagers because of the intense developmental and social changes they're experiencing.

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The Kids Are Not All Right

Michele Willens | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Signs of Mental Illness, Mental Illness, Arizona Shooting, Teenage Suicide, Depression, Jared Loughner, Mental Health, Arizona Tragedy, Children, Bullying, Suicide, Jared Loughner Mental Illness, Parenting Mental Illness, Teenagers Mental Health, Children Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Michele Willens

There are just too many young people suffering and too many parents wondering what they didn't see. Evidence of this heightened anxiety is much discussed and well understood.

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