children
How drug addiction impacts children and how media influence a child’s perception of alcohol and drug use can have a serious impact on life choices.
Posted under Cigarette Addiction
Secondhand Smoke Significantly Impacts Children
Those who smoke often have a difficult time giving up cigarettes. Multiple roadblocks can discourage cessation, from cravings for nicotine to the fear that weight gain will follow a cigarette withdrawal. Sometimes smoking is seen as a social connection to friends or family, causing a person to have difficulty imagining their life without cigarettes. Continue Reading
Posted under Video Game
Pathological Video Gaming Linked to Depression, Anxiety in Children
The debate over whether video gaming addiction can actually be recognized as an official addictive disorder continues, and is still pending consideration into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. However, a new study has confirmed that pathological gaming not only shares characteristics of other addictive disorders, but also is a precursor to such behavioral problems as depression and anxiety among young gamers. Kids with gaming addictions may face additional behavioral deficits like lack of social competence and poor academic performance.
Posted under Science & Research
SAMHSA Offers $16.8 Million in Awards for Children’s Mental Health
Over the next four years, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will award a total of $16.8 million in grants to mental health service facilities throughout the country that cater to children affected by methamphetamine abuse in their families. The funds will help expand and improve support services for these children that are provided by these groups.
Posted under Addiction & Society
How Your Child’s School May be Impacting His Choices
Middle school is a critical juncture in a child’s life. They begin to choose extracurricular activities that will help shape their interests into high school, influencing the friends they make and keep in their later teen years. Their relationships with their parents change, making peers the primary source of advice and wisdom.
Posted under Women
Drug Exposure Threatening Lives of Women and Children in Afghanistan
The health of many women and children in Afghanistan is at great risk because of passive exposure to heroin and other drugs, according to a new study commissioned by the U.S. Department of State and jointly led by two University of Florida drug addiction experts.
Posted under Cigarette Addiction
Children Regularly Exposed to Tobacco Smoke More Likely to Develop Emphysema
According to a new study, children who are regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home were more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood. This finding by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health suggests that the lungs may not recover completely from the effects of early-life exposures to tobacco smoke (ETS). The study was published in the December 2009 American Journal of Epidemiology.
Posted under Cigarette Addiction
Tobacco Smoke Linked to Behavioral Problems in Children
Children who are exposed to tobacco smoke during their early development can develop abnormal behavioral symptoms by the age of 10. This association was discovered using data from the GINI-plus study by scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München in collaboration with colleagues of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Technische Universität München, and Marienhospital Wesel. The scientists observed that the impact of tobacco smoke was especially detrimental during gestation. The results of the study have been published in the current online issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
Posted under The Family
Single Fathers: How Substance Abuse Perpetuates the Stereotype of Deadbeat Dads
By LeAnne Bagnall
Too often, the media relays images of today’s American father in a rather dishonorable, scornful, and offensive light, which may seem out of tune with a customarily prideful and patriotically minded nation. In the news, we hear of irresponsible dads who are absent from the picture, unwilling to support their families, and who choose to carouse in their drunken revelry instead of behaving like a good father should.
Posted under Video Game
Video Game Addiction Linked to Health Problems, Aggression
Recent studies show that video game addiction has been linked to several adverse effects among children, including obesity, Vitamin D deficiency, lack of bone-building exercise, attention deficit disorders, poor sleep, and aggression.
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