Scientists supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have documented that chronic cigarette smoking during adolescence increases the likelihood that the teens will develop an anxiety...
From my experience working with couples who are struggling with infertility, I have come to understand the painful transition a couple must go through in order to make a decision to use donor eggs. This is a difficult process, often plagued with...
Tragic events such as school shootings have presented us with images of adolescent aggressive and antisocial behavior. There is a national search for answers. Fortunately, a long-term commitment to basic behavioral research at the National Institute...
Trauma includes emotional as well as physical experiences and injuries. Emotional injury is essentially a normal response to an extreme event. It involves the creation of emotional memories, which arise through a long-lasting effect on structures...
Most of us have some less-than-fond memories of being bullied when we were kids--or even of being the bully ourselves. From the perspective of adulthood, it may not make much sense to have intentionally hurt others or, as victims, to have tolerated...
Parents can do much to help their teenage sons or daughters through a variety of difficult situations. Depression, violence, substance abuse, and bullying are all serious issues that parents and teens can work together to help resolve. Sometimes,...
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