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In the news: Teen pregnancy pacts   Weight management for youth   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 Teen pregnancies up for first time in fifteen years July 10, 2008, CNN Weight gain in teen girls: Role of alcohol, internet, sleep July 9, 2008, ScienceDaily Does this make me look fat? July 3, 2008, ScienceDaily Mental risk of Facebook teens July 3, 2008, BBC more psychology news >> Monitor on Psychology Academic ‘lost boys’ (April 2008) Preventing teen suicide through familias (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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