What To Do if Your Teen Has Been Self-Harming or Cutting When you’re standing in line at a fast food restaurant with your daughter and you get your first glimpse of the scabbed over lines peeking from the cuff of her shirt sleeve, the bottom drops out of your whole world. In that first moment you…
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If you hear the words “virtual reality” and have thoughts of video gamers sitting around with giant headsets, slashing away at monsters or shooting enemies in a simulated three-dimensional environment, then you’re not alone. That perception of VR is one that will probably linger in the public consciousness for some years to come. However, scientists,…
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For generations now, parents have had a seemingly endless array of concerns when it comes to their children and the use of alcohol and drugs. At different times in the recent past, families have had to contend with teens using everything from marijuana and alcohol to drugs like crack cocaine, ecstasy, and heroin. In recent…
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It’s almost difficult to remember a time when pornography was not seemingly everywhere, but that was actually the case just a few generations ago. Of course, there were pornographic magazines and small, nondescript theaters even then, but pornographic materials were not something that the average person could just stumble across without warning. Those who encountered…
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The Florida drug crisis is due in large part to the state’s licensing of non-physicians to make diagnoses. Things won’t change until that does. The state of Florida has become a destination for addiction treatment. There are presently 1545 addiction treatment programs licensed to provide treatment to those in need. These programs include various levels of…
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Substance abuse and addiction continue to be among the most pressing health concerns confronting today’s young people. Across the United States, millions of parents struggle with the challenge of teen addiction, and those problems don’t always conform to adult expectations of drug abuse trends. Across America, teens between the ages of 12 to 17 make…
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A Laugh a Day Keeps the Blues Away A laugh a day keeps the darkness away. That’s a philosophy that’s proven effective for so many people who are working their way through depression. Laughter can help break the oppressive wall depression can often build around those suffering with the disease, and can be a wonderful…
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Much has been written and said on the subject of opioid abuse in the United States. It has become a chronic health care challenge in many parts of the country, and incidents of overdose and lesser complications have risen dramatically in recent years. The use of opiate by women during pregnancy has received far less…
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Reasons Why Adolescents Will Self-Harm Teen cutting is a serious problem that has grown worse in the recent years. Approximately 10 percent of young people in the U.S. intentionally hurt themselves. The predisposition to harm starts in puberty, but episodes of self-harm can happen as early as 6 years old. On Facebook and YouTube and…
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Teens experiment with drugs for all kinds of reasons. It is key to understand though, that experimentation doesn’t always mean they will become addicted to the substance(s). Research has shown that most high school students have used an illicit substance one time at least. 1 in 5 of those kids will become an addict—so there is…
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