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

occurred in recent years. Background: Adolescent Psychology Self-esteem is immediate connected with assessments of the ...

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

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...

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

the truly mentally imbalanced individuals with those who displayed antisocial behavior far different from their unstable counterpa...

reported that behavior therapy follows "a format of therapist modeling, behavior rehearsal, specific therapy assignments, self-rec...

and similarity" (Kipke et al, 1997, p. 655). Within the forming of these friendships is also a climate of greater importance with...

and those who have been diagnosed as having a major depressive episode (Editors, 2006). As the data verify, girls are far more lik...

homeless teens as indicative of a larger problem (Wagner 16). Wagner explains it this way: " With their economy in shambles, many ...

modeling and imitation (Somers and Tynan, 2006). Hypothesis in each study Collins, et al, propose that television holds the pote...

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

exert an influence in adult life. Freud maintained that individuals develop their personalities as a result of biological...

having lasting significance, since it impacts not only on childs subsequent emotional and psychological development but also on th...

interpret and organize information in a way which leads to the development of a stable idea of "self". They note that Erikson (196...

to strict behaviorism either, and nor did he support the traditional therapeutic model in which the client had a mainly passive ro...

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

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...

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

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

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

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

2006). Marcotte and colleagues (2002) note that a great deal of progress has been made in this field over the last two decades but...

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

make her laugh and Debbies mothering tendency. Marie said she appreciated Denaes honesty, Jills spontaneity and Lindas frankness....

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

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

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

22.4% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004). Cigarettes, once considered glamorous and chic, have emerged as t...

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...