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| Updated: 6/29/2006 Troubled Teens Risk Rapid Dependence on MarijuanaMarijuana use by teenagers who have prior serious antisocial problems can quickly lead to dependence on the drug, according to a recent study by researchers at the Addiction Research and Treatment Ser ...read more |
| Updated: 5/23/2006 FDA Approves Emsam (Selegiline) as First Drug Patch for DepressionLowest Dose can be used without Restrictions Required of MAOI Class of Depression Drugs The Food and Drug Administration today approved Emsam (selegiline), the first skin (transdermal) patch for use i ...read more |
| Updated: 5/23/2006 Maintenance Treatment Prevents Recurrence in Older Adults with Single-Episode DepressionsPeople age 70 and older who continued taking the antidepressant that helped them to initially recover from their first episode of depression were 60 percent less likely to experience a new episode of ...read more |
| Updated: 5/23/2006 New Strategies Help Depressed Patients Become Symptom-FreeResults of the nation’s largest depression study show that one in three depressed patients who previously did not achieve remission using an antidepressant became symptom-free with the help of an addi ...read more |
| Updated: 5/23/2006 Depression common in young women after heart attackReuters HealthMonday, April 24, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared with men and older patients, women under the age of 60 who have had a heart attack have an increased risk of developing depres ...read more |
| Updated: 5/23/2006 Surgical Technique Shows Promise Against Major DepressionHealthDayTuesday, April 25, 2006 TUESDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Inserting two tiny "pacemakers" into the base of the brain of people suffering from major depression improved symptoms ...read more |
| Updated: 5/23/2006 Zoloft Helps Diabetics Fight DepressionHealthDayBy Robert PreidtThursday, May 4, 2006 THURSDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- The antidepressant drug Zoloft (sertraline) may help prevent recurring depression in people with diabetes and increas ...read more |
| Updated: 5/23/2006 Depression in kids may precede or follow bullyingReuters HealthThursday, May 4, 2006 By Charnicia HugginsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are bullied in school are more likely than others to develop depressive symptoms or other health proble ...read more |
| Updated: 5/22/2006 Low work status, job worries boost depression riskReuters HealthTuesday, May 16, 2006 By Anne HardingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being low on the totem pole at the workplace increases the risk that a woman will develop symptoms of severe depression, ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 Does marijuana lead to the use of other drugs?It could. Long-term studies of high school students and their patterns of drug use show that very few young people use other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana. For example, the risk of usin ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 How can you tell if someone has been using marijuana?If someone is high on marijuana, he or she mightseem dizzy and have trouble walking; seem silly and giggly for no reason; have very red, bloodshot eyes; and have a hard time remembering things that ju ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 Is marijuana sometimes used as a medicine?There has been much talk about the possible medical use of marijuana. Under U.S. law since 1970, marijuana has been a Schedule I controlled substance. This means that the drug, at least in its smoked ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 How does marijuana affect driving?Marijuana has serious harmful effects on the skills required to drive safely: alertness, concentration, coordination, and reaction time. Marijuana use can make it difficult to judge distances and reac ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 If a woman is pregnant and smokes marijuana, will it hurt the baby?Doctors advise pregnant women not to use any drugs because they could harm the growing fetus. Although one animal study has linked marijuana use to loss of the fetus very early in pregnancy, two studi ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 What does marijuana do to the brain?Some studies show that when people have smoked large amounts of marijuana for years, the drug takes its toll on mental functions. Heavy or daily use of marijuana affects the parts of the brain that co ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 Can people become addicted to marijuana?Yes. Long-term marijuana use can lead to addiction in some people. That is, they cannot control their urges to seek out and use marijuana, even though it negatively affects their family relationships, ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 What if a person wants to quit using the drug?In 2002, over 280,000 people entering drug treatment programs reported marijuana as their primary drug of abuse. However, up until a few years ago, it was hard to find treatment programs specifically ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 How is marijuana used?Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in a pipe or a bong. Recently, it has appeared in cigar wrappers called blunts, when it is often combined with another drug, su ...read more |
| Updated: 2/1/2006 What is marijuana? Aren't there different kinds?Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, ...read more |
| Updated: 12/7/2005 Representations of gangs and delinquency: Wild in the streetsby Paul A. Perrone , Meda Chesney-Lind Introduction National media coverage of crime has increased dramatically in recent years (Media Monitor, 1994) and youthful crime, particularly "violent&quo ...read more |
| Updated: 12/5/2005 The Myth of Peer Pressureby Michael T. Ungar ABSTRACT The construct of peer pressure was examined as part of a qualitative study of the determinants of mental health for 41 high-risk adolescents. While the concept of peer pre ...read more |
| Updated: 12/5/2005 Adlerian-based responses for the mental health counselor to the challenging behaviors of teensby Roger A. Ballou The Adlerian concept of all behavior being purposeful and socially embedded offers a contextual backdrop for understanding the actions of teens. Dreikurs' explanation of the four mi ...read more |
| Updated: 12/5/2005 Is There a New Emerging Delinquent?by Scott Larson Troubled youth who are disconnected from the mainstream youth culture need relationships with caring adults and prosocial peers. However, other youth, such as those involved in church ...read more |
| Updated: 12/5/2005 The colorful evolution of a strength-based treatment modelby Richard Quigley For more than 50 years, adolescent peer group treatment has been both glorified and criticized. Quality control has been a problem for the Positive Peer Culture (PPC) treatment moda ...read more |
| Updated: 12/5/2005 Flanagan's island: How Boys Town rescues troubled teensby Brian Jendryka In the early morning hours of September 22, 1993, Amtrak passenger Michael Dopheide was awakened by the sounds of screeching brakes and someone screaming, "Oh my God, we're all ...read more |
| Updated: 12/5/2005 On both sides of the lawby Brian Hancock , Scott Larson On June 5, 2001, Brian Hancock graduated from Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey. Though he was one of nearly 500 graduates, his story behind the story is sign ...read more |