mental health
Alcohol Rehab Must be Made a Priority for America’s Youth
A recent study by the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions found that if drinking begins before the age of 15, the young person is four times more likely to become an alcoholic than if he hadn’t started drinking until he was 21 or older. As more kids turn to drinking, and turn into alcoholics as they get older, alcohol rehab centers could have a tough time meeting demand.
In the 1960s and 1970s, many states lowered the legal drinking age to 18 years old. A review of data since that time reveals an increase in alcohol related traffic deaths. This prompted advocacy groups to push for the legal drinking age to be raised again to 21 years old. By the mid to late 1980s, all states had adopted the same legal drinking age and alcohol related traffic fatalities dropped.
Teenage Drug Abuse: 10 Signs That Your Kid Is Using Drugs
Teenage drug abuse (and teenage alcoholism) is a very serious problem. Many families remain in denial about teenage substance abuse including both teenage alcoholism and teenage drug abuse). Often, by the time the parents bring in their troubled youth for a psychiatric evaluation with me, the drug problem is out of control. Here is a recent case from my practice:
R.H. is 17 years old. He has Attention Deficit Disorder and has always had some difficulty in school. His parents report he is impulsive and argumentative. They assume this behavior goes along with his being a teenager. He stays out late with his friends on a regular basis. His parents, looking back on the last year, suspect their son is using drugs, but they are not sure. When they question him about his whereabouts, he is very evasive. They think he is hanging out with the wrong crowd.
What You Don’t Know About Violent Youth Can Hurt You and Your Students
School has only been in session a short time, and our teacher help area is being inundated with requests for aid for just a single problem area. Frankly, we are very concerned to be getting so many requests for help with students who are verbally abusing, defying or hitting their teacher. Yes, that sentence included the phrase “hitting their teacher.”
Even though you may not want to hear this, if you don’t have basic, mental health-based, violence prevention training, you are at risk of facing a serious violent act, potentially, even something like the recent school shootings. Conventional interventions always fail with the most out-of-control students. If you have ever found that “nothing works” to control some students, that is because standard methods are never effective tools to manage this population.
Importance of Youth Sports Associations in Promoting Kids Fitness
Kids fitness is a raging issue these days. Today, most kids are either overweight or obese due to unhealthy lifestyles. They eat junk food and hardly get any exercise at all. Obese children are more prone to diabetes and other diseases.
Kids fitness is not just a matter of being the proper weight. Even a seemingly fit looking child may not be fit. The kid must have physical stamina, strength and should be mentally fit, too. These days fitness centers that are dedicated to kids fitness have mushroomed all over the place. However, children don’t enjoy going to a gym.
