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Reforming Juvenile Justice

as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...

Depression in Children and Adolescents

cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...

Urban Black Male Adolescents

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

Drugs and Their Negative Impact on Teens

grade, "21.3% had been drunk, while 44.0% and 61.6% of 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively, had been drunk at least once in their...

Does Divorce or Disruption in Family Structure During Adolescence Have a Detrimental Effect on Development?

Discussion Parents serve, either consciously or unconsciously as role models for their children. Gender roles develop in p...

RAP MUSIC AND PERPETUATION OF MISOGYNY

couple of studies dealing with gansta rap and its impact on adolescents most likely to be affected by it. Well then move to the ot...

Support Services for Gay and Lesbian Children and Adolescents

Although it is not uncommon to see gay and lesbian couples at the high school level, there are children who question their sexuali...

Adolescent Attitudes About Sex

Ward & Friedman (2006) report, "Our findings suggest that TV use, in multiple forms, appears to be linked with adolescent sexualit...

Teenage Pregnancy

various roles" (Meadows-Oliver, et al, 2007, p. 116). The stress involved in a teenage pregnancy and the associated pressure tha...

Counseling Adolescents/Confidentiality Issues

In general, if a parent asks for information concerning a counseling session, the counselor is required to provide a response. How...

Summary and Outline: Childhood Development

jungle (Berk, 2008). This chapter concentrates on the physical development of the child through this stage of growth. Berk not...

Adolescent Literacy Rates

(Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006). * About eight percent of entering college freshmen must take at least one literacy remed...

Health Promotion/Childhood Obesity

14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...

Article Critique/Stuttering in Adolescents 9-14 Years

experimental trial" (Craig, et al, 1996, p. 811). It may be that the researchers assumed that their readers would perceive that th...

Forecasting for a Fast Food Outlet

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

Teen Treatment Outcomes/Depression

psychotherapy declined. Psychotherapy is often an expensive and prolonged process, which is why Olfson, et al, posit that increase...

Child & Adolescent Obesity/U.S.

"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...

The Use of Antidepressants and Increased Suicide Rates in Adolescents

adolescents there were no real treatment alternatives for these children (Brent, 2004). The common belief, in fact, was that thos...

Organ Donation, Erie Co. & Educating Youth

medical attention if they were identified as organ donors (Minniefield, 2002). One hundred percent of the 25 to 35 years olds expr...

Trying Juveniles In Adult Courts

has existed for more than a decade (Associated Content, Inc., 2006; Young and Gainsborough, 2000). In fact, the juvenile system ha...

Adolescent Depression And Cognitive Behavior Therapy

29 percent of the entire group of patients at the beginning of the study (Weeks, 2004; NIMH, 2005). This rate was reduced in all f...

Mental Retardation & Psychopathology

mental illness. One area of practice where this factor in Christian psychiatric practice may prove effective is in regards to the...

Article Analysis: Appeals to Logos, Ethos and Pathos

women, despite their success; women still are faced with doing the majority of tasks around the home, no matter how busy their pro...

Motivations for Teaching Adolescents in High-Needs Schools

describe the other elements that were at play in the educational process. These invisible elements, the so-called "hidden curricu...

The Effect of Religion on Adolescents Addicted to Illegal Substances

as noted above, is a "protective resource" that counters the effect of something stressful; for example, providing financial suppo...

Youth Suicide and Depression; Conventional Approaches To Treatment

a major relapse when they are adults (Olfson et al, 2003). Therefore treatment at an early stage may help prevent later episodes. ...

Althol Fugard/Valley Song

choir. However, she ahs peered through neighbors windows and caught glimpses of singers on television, realizing that her talent c...

Methamphetamine Prevention Program For Teens

to one of three groups, one of which was a control group with 208 students in it (Ferlazzo, 2006). The rest of the group were divi...

Dallas Willard: Four Great Questions Of Life

teenagers, because they are often reactions from the lower self. A strong personal desire can also evoke an emotional response, w...

Teen Suicide

This research paper presents an overview of adolescent suicide. Gender and causal factors, warning signs and symptoms and preventi...