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Teens and Young Adults Increasingly Using Alcohol and Cannabis Together

MODERATION IS THE KEY –   Dec. 28, 2021 - Every year from 2002 to 2018, people who reported using…

3 years ago

Surge of Mental Health Issues for Kids Back In-School

LISTEN – NO SAFE SPACE TO LEARN? –   Dec. 23, 2021 - RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE:  When Millis Public Schools…

3 years ago

Teen Drug and Alcohol Use Continues to Fall

ACTUAL GOOD NEWS! –   Dec. 16, 2021 - Drug and alcohol use among America’s teens continues to trend downward,…

3 years ago

Billie Eilish: Addiction to Porn ‘Really Destroyed My Brain’

NOT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC –   Dec. 17, 2021 - She added that watching it initially helped her feel cool and…

3 years ago

‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos

LITERALLY DYING TO BE THIN –   Dec. 17, 2021 - “The more I interacted with those types of videos,…

3 years ago

Adolescent Females in Texas Face Barriers to Treatment

AND SO MUCH MORE –   Dec. 3, 2021 - A birthday without cake, presents and miles from her high…

3 years ago

Are We Losing the War for Our Children?

WHO’S EVEN TRYING? –   Dec. 3, 2021 - Even more so, sadness and anxiety have ensnared many young people…

3 years ago

WARNING! Young People Face ‘Devastating’ Mental Health Crisis According to Surgeon General

WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN? –   Dec. 7, 2021 - Although blame for adolescent distress is…

3 years ago

Teen Making Difference for Those Impacted By Addiction

WATCH – NEVER TOO YOUNG TO HELP –   Nov. 24, 2021 - “Seeing Mom going through rehab and jail,…

3 years ago

Paris Hilton Pushes for Bill Targeting Abusive Youth Facilities

WATCH – MISS HILTON GOES TO WASHINGTON –   Oct. 21, 2021 - A group of congressional Democrats said Wednesday…

3 years ago

‘Instagram for Kids’ Will Make Kids Suicidal

DOES CAPITALISM CARE? –    Sept. 15, 2021 - The demand comes as top lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee…

3 years ago

Jaw-Dropping Moments in WSJ’s Bombshell Facebook Probe

WATCH – GIRLS DON’T NEED FILLERS OR FILTERS –    Sept. 16, 2021 - There’s a lot to unpack from…

3 years ago

Facebook Knew Instagram is TOXIC/DEADLY for Teenagers

WATCH – INSTADEPRESSED - THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW –    Sept. 15, 2021 - Leaked documents from Facebook have revealed…

3 years ago

Kids Allowed 5 Mental Health Days From School

HAPPY DAY –   Sept. 2, 2021 - Under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month,…

3 years ago

Nurse Shares Story of Recovery at South Jersey Ministry

PLEASE WATCH – REAL HEROES –    August 25, 2021 - “I had tried to commit suicide numerous times. I…

3 years ago

Luring Its Youth Into Tight Grip Of Addiction

KASHMIR BLUES –    August 18, 2021 - That first encounter with charas happened on a day Murad would never…

3 years ago

Pandemic Changes Young People’s Relationship to Substances

CLOSER? –   August 18, 2021 - By the end of 2020, Tan said she was finishing multiple bottles in…

3 years ago

Psychology Director gives mental health warning signs for kids

WATCH – WATCH FOR KIDS AT PLAY –    August 4, 2021 - “We’ve seen an increase still in ingestion…

3 years ago

The Exploding Male Mental Health Crisis

SILENCE = DEATH –   August 4, 2021 -  Q: Why are the recorded rates of anxiety and depression among…

3 years ago

Social media addiction on the rise

WATCH – DEPTH OF THINKING OBSOLETE? –    July 29, 2021 - This unhealthy relationship can often lead to the…

3 years ago

Simone Biles’s Big Olympic Move: Embracing Vulnerability

A PARALLEL UNIVERSE? –  July 28, 2021 - Ten years ago, or even five, an athlete of Simone Biles’s stature…

3 years ago

City kid’s mental health better with exposure to countryside

WE NEED A STUDY TO FIGURE THIS OUT? –    July 20, 2021 - Currently, the mechanisms why humans receive…

3 years ago

Instagram ‘pushes weight-loss messages to teenagers’

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF “PUSHERS” –  July 20, 2021 - Algorithms are pushing teenage girls who even briefly engage…

3 years ago

Adolescent misuse of prescription opioids may lead to heroin use in adulthood

LOCKS ON EVERY MEDICINE CABINET? –    July 13, 2021 - Opioid misuse and overdoses are a major problem in…

3 years ago

Kids In Mental Health Crisis Languish For Days In ERs

DESPERATE –    June 23, 2021 - Emergency rooms are not typically places you check in for the night. If…

3 years ago

Cannabis Use May Be Linked with Suicidal Thoughts, Plans, Attempts in Young Adults

DYING TO STOP –    June 24, 2021 - Cannabis use has been associated with a higher likelihood of thinking…

3 years ago

ESSAY – Finding ways to not get hooked! by Maria Proulx Ledyard, junior at St. Bernard School

TEENS KNOW BEST –  June 10, 2021 - My relative passed away a few years ago from lung cancer. She…

4 years ago

Addiction help & recovery through new book

ALL PATHS TO SOBRIETY LEAD TO FREEDOM –  May 23, 2021 - He broke free of the addiction at the…

4 years ago

Eating disorders in teens skyrocketing during pandemic

WASTING AWAY IN SILENCE –  June , 9 2021 - Experts are concerned about a dramatic rise in eating disorders…

4 years ago

Parents March To Snapchat’s Headquarters

WATCH – AN APP THAT CAN KILL? –    June 4, 2021 - She lost her son Alexander nearly a…

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