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Listening to Lots of Music Could Mean Your Teen is Depressed, Study Shows

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Apr 7th 2011 3:00PM

Teen depression may lie within their music. Credit: Corbis Turns out parents don't have to worry about the teen who has sequestered herself in her room, buried in the book "Water for Elephants." But, that kid who constantly has earbuds ...Listening to music, reading books may factor into whether or not your teen is depressed.
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Facebook Can Lead to Depression in Adolescents, Report Says

by Honey Berk, Posted Mar 28th 2011 2:00PM

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Facebook depression is common among teens. Credit: Getty Images Just when you think you've got the whole social media thing covered with your tween or teen, a new tech-related monster rears its ...Just when you think you've got the whole social media thing covered with your tween or teen, a new tech-related monster rears its ugly head.
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Transitioning to College: Parents Can Help Ease the Process

by Julie Z. Rosenberg, Posted Oct 21st 2010 10:00AM

Parents are often uncomfortable speaking with their college-age children about depression. Credit: Getty Images
As many parents can attest, senior year of high school is a cauldron of emotions. Excitement and fear coexist during this busy ...
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Your Kid Crazy? Don't Worry, It's a Big Club

by Tom Henderson, Posted Oct 14th 2010 4:00PM

Is moodiness in teens a medical condition? Credit: Getty Images
Teenagers are nuts. Tell you something you don't know? Very well. Let's get clinical. At least one in five adolescents in the United States has some kind of mental disorder ...Teens suffer from depression, anxiety, panic, hyperactivity and short attention spans. Who woulda thunk it?
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10 Things to Say (and Not to Say) to a Teen With Depression

by the editors at Health.com, Posted Jul 7th 2010 4:00PM

Choose your words carefully when talking to a depressed teen. Credit: Getty Images
How to show you care What do you say to someone who's depressed? All too often, it's the wrong thing. "People still have such a cloudy idea of what mental ...
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Affluent families have it all - troubled children included

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 18th 2007 12:03PM

In 2005, Columbia University scholars noted that children in households with median incomes ranging from $80,000 to $102,000, smoked, drank, and used marijuana and hard drugs much more than their urban peers, whose households averaged $35,000 in ...
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