- 41. Alcohol: The Most Popular Choice
- (Substance Abuse)
- Alcohol is by far the most widely used psychoactive drug in the United States. Four in five men and women over the age of twelve have tried it, two and a half times the number to have experimented with ...
- 42. Alcohol Abuse
- (Substance Abuse)
- Alcohol is the most abused drug among pre-teens and teens. Even occasional intoxication can be lethal. It is considered a gateway drug and could lead to other substance abuse. Alcohol is linked to a variety ...
- 43. Poor School Performance: How Parents Can Help
- (School)
- ... alcohol or illicit drugs What You Can Do Talk to your teenager. After all, she’s the ultimate authority on what’s behind her academic difficulties. But this should be a conversation, not a confrontation. ...
- 44. Teenagers and Gangs
- (Safety)
- ... if their teenager joins a gang. Older members are often involved in drug-dealing and criminal activity. Gang involvement increases the likelihood that a boy or girl will become entangled in drugs, gunplay, ...
- 45. Driver’s Edge
- (Safety)
- ... driver takes the wheel at just that time when peer pressure to experiment with alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs becomes especially intense. Making matters worse, the automobile provides the teenager ...
- 46. Teen Parents
- (Dating & Sex)
- ... play an important role in ensuring the unborn child’s well-being. Keep an eye out for signs of tobacco use, drinking, taking drugs and reckless sexual behavior. If you have reason to believe the mother ...
- 47. Sexual activity
- (Dating & Sex)
- ... Using alcohol and drugs before or during sex, having unknown sexual partners, or having sex in unfamiliar or public places can spread STIs and other serious health problems or lead to unwanted pregnancies. ...
- 48. Dating Violence: Tips for Parents
- (Dating & Sex)
- ... groups Giving up activities, interests, or family time that previously had been important Changes in eating or sleeping habits Using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs Pregnancy Some teenagers ...
- 49. Mental Health and Teens: Watch for Danger Signs
- (Teen)
- ... an eating disorder Personality shifts and changes, such as aggressiveness and excess anger that are sharply out of character and could indicate psychological, drug, or sexual problems Some of the ...
- 50. Teaching Health Education in School
- (School)
- ... development, reproduction, mental health, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, consumer health, and safety (crossing streets, riding bikes, first aid, the Heimlich maneuver). The goal of this education ...
- 51. Shanghai Mental Health Center
- (Directory/City Hospital)
- ... Disease, the National Institution for Clinical Drug Trials, the Shanghai Municipal Center of Mental Disease Prevention and Control (SCMDC), and the Shanghai Drug Abuse Treatment Center (SDATC). ...
