The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. Antidepressant dispensing to adolescents and young adults increased sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began—particularly among females—a new study finds. While a growing number of young people ages 12 to 25 were receiving antidepressants before the pandemic, the antidepressant dispensing rate rose nearly 64% faster…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. Men who were physically fit when they were young had a lower risk of atherosclerosis almost 40 years later, according to a study led by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. The findings, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, suggest that atherosclerosis is…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Many younger children could be permanently damaging their hearing by blasting loud music on their earbuds and headphones, a new report finds. Two in three parents say that their child between the ages of 5 and 12 regularly pop listening devices in their ears,…
When parents of kids with disabilities get ahead of themselves––and let me be clear, I’m speaking from personal experience––here they remind me of Jodi, a kindergarteners I taught long, long ago. She was the daughter of a family friend, and I’d known her since she was three. She was bright, curious, articulate, organized, and driven…
There are some things that I’m just not good at. I once had to ask my father-in-law for help changing my wiper blades. Not “Dad, can you spare a twelve-gauge crescent wrench so I can personally fix my canuter valve? I think the flange gasket must have gone bad”… …but “Dad, I don’t know how these two pieces of…
Confession. . . and this one’s easy to admit. I watch “All Creatures Great and Small” on PBS. And, I like it. . . a lot. Earlier this week when this latest season of the show came to an end,… Read More The post The Latest on Teens and Social Media appeared first on The…
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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Youth who are bullied in childhood develop more internalizing, externalizing, and total mental health problems in late adolescence, according to a study published online in Nature Mental Health. Dimitris I. Tsomokos, Ph.D., from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, and George M….
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by PsyPost. Have you ever wondered how teenage romances influence friendships? A recent study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships delved into this topic. Researchers found that teenagers in romantic relationships are less likely to form new friendships, yet these relationships don’t necessarily…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. A shift in parenting early in a child’s development might help curb the symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research suggests. When a preschooler exhibits an “excitable or exuberant” temperament, dialing down a “controlling” style of parenting in favor of what’s known as…