Teen Mental Health: Mood Disorders, Alcohol, and Suicide

Teen Mental Health: Mood Disorders, Alcohol, and Suicide
Filed under: alcohol addiction treatments

Mood disorders like depression, eating disorders, and ADHD, are linked to alcohol and substance abuse, as well as suicide. For all of these conditions, Steingard recommends the most common form of treatment available: cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Give growing girls a map for living, advises author Steve Biddulph
Filed under: alcohol addiction treatments

He identifies four prime sources of harm to girls: sexualisation, body image, alcohol abuse and bullying. "Being evaluated in terms of how you look, how you please others, how you are seen as a product has taken girls back 50 years," Biddulph says …
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Local program seeks to prevent alcohol or drug abuse among Natives
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Held at the Oyate Center within the Lakota Homes neighborhood in North Rapid, the family-centered program works with young adults ages 18 to 25 to help them avoid the pitfalls of drug use or alcohol abuse. The program seeks to help young adults who …
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