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Brief interventions, big benefits   In the news: Girls and self-harm   best bets 1. Teen suicide is preventable 2. Sleep deprivation may undermine teen health 3. Communication tips for parents 4. Find a psychologist Advertisements press releases Study Suggests Why Teens Get Hooked on Cocaine More Easily Than Adults (04/21/08) Cooperative Classrooms Positive for Young Adolescents (03/27/08) Someone to Complain With Isn't Necessarily a Good Thing, Especially for Teenage Girls (07/15/07) more press releases >> psychology news Twice as many teens seek mental health help May 2, 2008, Globe and Mail Maternal respect stronger in African-American girls, Latinas April 29, 2008, University of Florida One third of girls have self-harmed April 25, 2008, BBC One in four teenagers unhappy April 24, 2008, BBC more psychology news >> Monitor on Psychology Preventing teen suicide through familias (April 2008) Brief teen interventions stave off substance abuse (April 2008) more monitor news >> books & videos Emerging Adults in America: Coming of Age in the 21st Century Buy this book ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Revised Edition Intrusive Parenting: How Psychological Control Affects Children and Adolescents Mom, Dad. I'm Gay. How Families Negotiate Coming Out Breathe Easy: Young People's Guide to Asthma more books & videos on teens >> journals A Meta-Analytic Review of Obesity Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: The Skinny on Interventions That Work (September 2006) The Prevention of Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Review (June 2006) What Influences Children's and Adolescents' Understanding of the Complexity of the Internet? (May 2006) more journals >> internal APA resources Find a psychologist Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence A guide for parents on raising an adolescent daughter Resilience for teens Schoolyard blues : Subtle social snubs hurt students more internal resources >> Additional links TeensHealth Teenage brain: A work in progress Antidepressant medications for children and adolescents Sleep and teens Adolescent health

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