A recent study conducted by The University of Waterloo and Dalhousie University in Canada found that teens who consume energy drinks are also more as risk for developing depression and substance
abuse than teens who never drink energy drinks.
Not exact matches
Prescription drug
abuse is on the rise in the United States, and more
teens than ever are dealing with the dangers associated with it.
Because
teens who
abuse Anabolic steroids are not doing so under a doctor's care, they have been known to take doses 10 to 100 times higher
than the amount prescribed for medical reasons.
Teens expect to experience some digital forms of
abuse in dating, but girls may be suffering more severe emotional consequences
than boys, according to a new study.
More
than a decade of data indicates
teens have become far less likely to
abuse alcohol, nicotine and illicit drugs, and they also are less likely to engage in delinquent behaviors, such as fighting and stealing, according to results of a national survey analyzed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Teens who have fewer
than three family dinners a week are 3.5 times more likely to have
abused prescription drugs and to have used illegal drugs other
than marijuana, three times more likely to have used marijuana, more
than 2.5 times more likely to have smoked cigarettes, and 1.5 times more likely to have tried alcohol, according to the CASA report «While substance
abuse can strike any family, regardless of ethnicity, affluence, age, or gender, the parental engagement fostered at the dinner table can be a simple, effective tool to help prevent [it],» says Elizabeth Planet, one of the report's researchers, and the centers vice president and director of special projects.
Study: 1 in 10
teens received a threatening cell phone message from their romantic partner; Digital dating
abuse can include sexting and Teenagers are having sex, dating and drinking less today
than in previous decades, according to a new study.
Some research has shown that rates of depression, anxiety, and substance
abuse are higher among affluent
teens than any other group of young people, and achievement pressure is a significant contributor.
Rates of depression, anxiety, and substance
abuse are higher among affluent
teens than any other group of young people, and achievement pressure is a big contributor.