Alcohol Access And Your Teen: Is Your Teen Mature Enough To Drink?

Author: Kelly Barrera

So your teen is having some friends over to “hang out.” Your teen wants you to provide a movie, snacks, and a six-pack of beer. Should you do it? Isn’t it safer to have your teen home with you so you can provide supervision? When you were young, the drinking age was 18, and you turned out fine. Isn’t it more important to teach your teen to be a responsible drinker than to abide by a law that features an arbitrary age limit?

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Teen Depression – Symptoms of Teenage Depression

Author: peterhutch

Teen depression comes in two forms. It can be a simple episode in which they are upset because of a break up. Or, it can come in a constant, heavy depression that can and does destroy lives. There are many things that you, as a parent can do to keep your child out of this condition. Teen depression is serious and should be handled in the right way.

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Factors Affecting Adolescent Self Esteem

Author: Debby Smith

Adolescence is an important period in everybody’s life. If a man gets into an excellent environment and improvises himself during this age, then he can reach great heights. Whereas, if an adolescent faces tough situation during this period, it will greatly affect his self esteem. Young people who are in their adolescent age are very sensitive and any negative criticism will reduce their self esteem. The environment surrounding adolescent people is a highly influential factor on self esteem.

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Causes of Addictions and Behavioral Disorders

Author: Henry Funk

People who are addicted either with disease or any other intoxicated substance like drugs, alcohol or any other psychiatric disorders; they need to face problems in their lives in future like health/medical problems, legal problems, relationship problems, or the employment problem. Those people who are addicted for them it is very difficult to overcome from it. They are so much addicted toward these addictions that they do have control over their mind about what they are doing and involved in.

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EEG Biofeedback

BrainPaint at Insight:

Insight is proud to announce the use of EEG Biofeedback through BrainPaint at our Sherman Oaks center.

BrainPaint was developed by Bill Scott, Ph.D. in 2007 to provide protocols and equipment for treatment centers to utilize with their clients. Studies have shown that EEG Biofeedback can be helpful for clients with ADD/ADHD, and clients receiving EEG Biofeedback complete substance abuse treatment at a much higher rate than those who do not.

To learn more about BrainPaint, go to www.brainpaint.com.