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Previous research has suggested that adolescents with depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are at a higher risk of developing an addiction to the Internet, and a new study from China adds to this growing body of evidence, saying that teens who exhibit signs of Internet addiction are twice as likely to develop depression as those who aren’t addicted to the web.
As if alcohol consumption wasn’t dangerous enough to teenagers, a new study has revealed a link between binge drinking during adolescence and later damage to the brain region that controls memory function.
Although smoking trends among American high school students had sharply decreased during the late 1990s, a new study shows that the rate of decline in smoking among teenagers has began to level off. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its latest findings from the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
According to new data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), more teen pregnancies took place from 2005 to 2006 for the first time in more than a decade. Statistically, teenagers who become pregnant have also demonstrated the likelihood to engage in other risky behavior, such as substance abuse. Following SAMHSA’s Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) report, pregnant teenage admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities increased from 1,300 admissions in 1992 to 1,700 admissions in 2007. Since 1992, marijuana abuse among pregnant teenagers more than doubled in 2007, and methamphetamine abuse more than quadrupled.
A new study released by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America® and MetLife Foundation shows that teenage girls are more likely to perceive benefits from engaging in alcohol or drug abuse than teenage boys. The study was based on a 2009 survey called Partnership Attitude Tracking Survey (PATS) and was conducted on students nationwide. Although the statistics showed an increase in both male and female adolescents belief in the benefits of self-medicating, the number of females affirming positively to substance use exceeded the number of boys—a shift from the 2008 study.
Substance abuse clinicians and ophthalmologists alike are warning parents about a new reckless trend that has grown in popularity among young adults throughout the U.S. and the U.K.
Huffing, or inhaling solvents such as glues, paint thinner, nail polish remover, and other household products, is gaining popularity among students in Saudi Arabia, and many of these teens graduate from solvent abuse to harder drugs such as opium and heroin.
Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied the drinking habits of 9,833 15- to 16-year-olds in the North West of England, finding that excessively low cost alcohol products and illicit purchase are strongly related to harmful underage drinking.
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