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At a high school in Portland, a student brought a gun to school. Authorities say the 19-year-old was in the midst of a mental health crisis when he walked in to a classroom with a loaded shotgun. [More]

Researchers from the UK have undertaken the first long term examination of possible factors leading to suicide in high risk young people. Predictors include drug and cannabis use, non-suicidal self harm and exposure to self harm in family or friends. [More]

Vulnerable teens who had a hard childhood are at risk of developing depression. Now researchers have found focusing on happy memories may help guard against the condition. [More]

Post-natal depression isn't just impacting new mothers but also new dads. Now researchers have found that post-natal depression in fathers is having an impact on their daughters mental health during her teenage years. [More]

Teens being treated in a psychiatric emergency department say watching Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" contributed to their risk of suicide. Mental health experts say more attention should be paid to the impact such shows have on vulnerable young people. [More]

While the signs and symptoms of depression are the same for adolescents and adults, depression in teens often presents very differently from adults (ibid.). It is imperative, therefore, for parents, teachers, and professionals involved with adolescents to know the different ways teens show their depression. [More]

The use, popularity, and availability of illicit drugs changes from one geographical region and time period to another. Certain illicit psychoactive drugs will fade from common use and then re-emerge. Substances which may have been discovered decades ago will experience a sudden surge in popularity. Familiar substances may be administered in new ways, or chemically altered or combined for a different effect. In other instances, something truly new may emerge on the illicit drug market. [More]

Dr. Randall Green, PHD, LMFT, CAP, is not only an octogenarian (80-years-old); he is also 34-years sober. He recently stopped by a South Florida teen drug and alcohol addiction rehab to offer those in recovery eight slogans to live by that can change their life in a positive way. While the speech was presented at a teen alcohol and substance abuse treatment center and the speaker is a clinical director in the drug and alcohol industry, I thought his points resonate with all teens – whether or not they suffer from alcohol or substance abuse addiction. [More]

Adolescence is a time for learning new things, questioning what you have been taught by parents and authority figures and exploring a wide range of possibilities. [More]

The traumatic stresses that are likely to affect teens are interpersonal acts of violence, aggression or threats. This may be date rape, dating violence, bullying, harassment by a peer or adults, coercion or threats of violence, psychological and emotional blackmail and others. [More]