Depressed US teens,over 2 million.
A survey conducted among youths aged 12 to 17 about mood and depression revealed that more than 2 million US teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year. 8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode in the previous year. Nearly half of the teenagers who had major depression said it severely impaired their ability to function in at least one of the areas on the disability scale. Depression, or a depressed mood, refer to a state of melancholia, unhappiness or sadness, or to a relatively minor downturn in mood that may last only a few hours or days.
Consumption Of Alcohol In the Young Ages Lead To Heavy Drinking
Since it is unethical and impossible for the scientists to do the alcohol consumption study with teenagers, Scientists at Duke University Medical Center performed a longterm experiment on rats based on the fact that mammals’ genome similar to that of humans.
They have proved that people who start to drink alcohol in their early ages developed to be a heavy drinkers in their adulthood.
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No TV in Teens’ Bedrooms
A new study found that, teens with a TV in their bedroom ate fruits and vegetables less often, ate fewer meals with their family, and were twice as likely to watch at least five daily hours of TV. Nearly two-thirds of the study participants— 62% — had a TV in their bedroom. American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommends not to give teens a bedroom TV.
Hyperactive girls lands in problems
A joint study by researchers from Université de Montréal and the University College London revealed that young girls who are hyperactive are more likely to get hooked on smoking, under-perform in school or jobs and gravitate towards mentally abusive relationships as adults. The study followed 881 Canadian girls from the ages of six to 21 years. The research was published in the latest issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Songs promote Drugs and Sex?
Rap in the fore front having seventy-seven percent of songs making reference to drugs or sex, on average thirty-three percent of popular songs contain explicit content and forty-two percent of songs hint at substance abuse. Only fourteen percent of Rock songs contain offending lyrics.
