Teenagers and Adolescence – Page 26

Teenagers Died of Asphyxiation in South Africa Tavern, Parents Are Told

Health officials met with families that had waited more than two months to learn why 21 teenagers died one June night in an overcrowded bar.

Young people in the United States are facing a new set of risks. Why has the situation caught so many people off guard?

Studies indicate that dialectical behavior therapy offers greater benefits than more generalized therapy. But treatment is intensive, and expensive.

Increasingly, anxious and depressed teens are using multiple, powerful psychiatric drugs, many of them untested in adolescents or for use in tandem.

Experts share strategies for bridging the communication gap between parents and teenagers — start by putting away the phones.