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September 21, 2010

New Program For Teens, Young Adults Experiencing 1st Psychotic Episode

What happens after a teenager or young adult experiences his or her first psychotic episode? It can be an isolated instance, never to recur; become a life-long, continuous battle against a ferocious illness; or symptoms may emerge periodically for years...

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July 19, 2010

Children of Divorce

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By John H. Harvey, and Mark A. Fine. Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain and the hope shown by the storytellers. By framing the narratives with an analysis of the most recent divorce literature, the authors provide readers…ISBN: 9780415872584Published Jun 14, 2010 by Routle

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July 1, 2010

Disclosure of substance use on social media websites

Young adults tend to post videos and images of themselves while using alcohol or marijuana on social media websites such as MySpace, and YouTube. In a recent study a content analysis was done on these videos. This study revealed that alcohol use was mostly in videos with females in social gatherings, while marijuana use on [...]Related posts:The Risks of Online Social Networking for StudentsThe D

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June 9, 2010

First Study To Show That Highly Variable Sleep Schedules Predict Elevated Suicide Risk

Highly variable sleep schedules predict an elevated risk for suicide independent of depression in actively suicidal young adults, according to a research abstract presented Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC...

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June 7, 2010

What did your mommy and daddy believe?

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Young adults in the USA are more likely than ever before to tell pollsters that they don't see themselves as 'being' of any particular religion - they are unaffiliated. The data are clear, but the reason for this shift is not.It might simply be their age. Maybe they will be more likely to identify with a religion when they're older. Alternatively, there could be an uptick in the numbers of people

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March 4, 2010

Early Cannabis Users Three Times More Likely To Have Psychotic Symptoms

Researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute and School of Population Health have found young adults who use cannabis from an early age are three times more likely to suffer from psychotic symptoms...

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March 2, 2010

Long-Time Cannabis Use Associated With Psychosis

Young adults who have used cannabis or marijuana for a longer period of time appear more likely to have hallucinations or delusions or to meet criteria for psychosis, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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Prolonged Cannabis Use Linked To Psychosis

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An Australian study found that prolonged use of cannabis or marijuana by young adults was linked to a higher risk of developing psychosis, with the highest risk affecting those who started using the substance in their teens, and continued using it for 6 years or more into adulthood: the risk of developing psychosis among these users was more than double that of never users...

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February 5, 2010

Canadian Study Links Parenting To Children’s Relationships To Hobbies

Parents take heed: children and young adults are more likely to pursue sports, music or other pastimes when given an opportunity to nurture their own passion. According to a three-part study led by Genevieve Mageau, a psychology professor at the Universite de Montreal, parental control can predict whether a child develops a harmonious or obsessive passion for a hobby...

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February 3, 2010

From music to sports: Autonomy fosters passion among kids

Parents take heed: children and young adults are more likely to pursue sports, music or other pastimes when given an opportunity to nurture their own passion. According to a new study, parental control can predict whether a child develops a harmonious or obsessive passion for a hobby.

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