Adolescence, by its very nature, is full of turmoil as we transition developmentally from childhood to adulthood. These are the hurricane years when the winds pull us in many directions, sometimes even unpredictably throwing us ...
American adolescents now face a staggering burden of mental illness. It is an epidemic without precedent. An estimated 32 percent of United States teens have already experienced at least one DSM-based anxiety disorder, and over ...
Any useful analysis of adolescents and pornography must first start with facts. The first and most important fact to understand is that kids engage with and through technology as much if not more than they ...
My previous article reviewed data on trends in use, misuse, and addiction to prescription opioids, tranquilizers, seda-tives, and stimulants; signs of misuse and addiction; reasons for use, and the effects of drug problems on individu-als ...
Kudos to media giants of the past and present Time magazine and Netflix for shining a focused and humane light on the worst addiction epidemic in US history: the opioid crisis.According to the Huffington Post, ...
Stories of victory over substance abuse are compelling: The high school athlete who turns his life of opiate abuse into a college career, the young mother who reunites with her toddler after overcoming meth abuse, ...
Dear Dr. Galardi,I’m a physician who treats morbidly obese patients for weight loss. I have three children and a boyfriend. I’m fifty years old and because I’m prominent in my community, I haven’t felt safe ...
While the use and abuse of opioids (prescribed and illicit) in this country is not new, the magnitude of the current opioid crisis still is very significant. Many people have tried to explain it and ...
My previous article reviewed data on trends in use, misuse, and addiction to prescription opioids, tranquilizers, seda-tives, and stimulants; signs of misuse and addiction; reasons for use, and the effects of drug problems on individu-als ...
Introspection can lead people to look at the pluses and minuses of life. It will cause people to look at things that have been done well and things that could have been done better. It ...
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