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

in just a week and I didnt know anyone - no teachers, no other kids, no one. My fear turned into resentment as I focused my panic...

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

creativity (Wilderdom, 2004). Piaget presented four stages of cognitive development to explain how children learn and develop. Pi...

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...

for constant friendship and status both in the group and in the school. The group gives each member protection from being alone an...

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

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

to do so. Those of us that do not smoke resent the fact that everywhere we go we are confronted with second hand smoke. When you...

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

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

eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...

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

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

Genetically altered food stuffs offer an avenue of meeting our food needs on the limited areas which we have available. G...

to one of three groups, one of which was a control group with 208 students in it (Ferlazzo, 2006). The rest of the group were divi...

position the late developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner would take. Bronfenbrenners Human Ecology Lang (2005) writ...

choir. However, she ahs peered through neighbors windows and caught glimpses of singers on television, realizing that her talent c...

goes on to say that the nature of the family is its members being "connected emotionally" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Famil...

things also play a role in the analysis. While a variety of things are examined, and statistics complied, there is seemingly only ...

through a consensual process, each member of the team feels that they had an input into the decision, whereas the process of votin...

a major relapse when they are adults (Olfson et al, 2003). Therefore treatment at an early stage may help prevent later episodes. ...

as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...

that depression may be a risk factor. Depression causes many different feelings and conditions such as the inability to concentrat...

grade, "21.3% had been drunk, while 44.0% and 61.6% of 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively, had been drunk at least once in their...

cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...

as President against John Kerry. Rathers broadcast suggested that Bush had received preferential treatment by being allowed to se...

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

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