Articles tagged with children

• Study of Children of Heroin-Addicted Adults Finds Females More Resilient

  When raised in a household with a heroin-addicted parent, an individual can be exposed to a number of detrimental experiences before ever reaching the age of maturity. As per a recent Science Daily post, new research has indicated that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming adverse events. more...

• Childhood Risk Factors for Substance Abuse Disorders

  Biological Psychiatry is publishing an article in which researchers evaluated and identified childhood risk factors for the development of future substance use disorders. more...

• Study Finds that Young Adults Visit Doctors Less When Risky Behavior Peaks

  A recent study found that young adults are much less likely to use ambulatory or preventive care, even though their mortality rate is more than twice that of adolescents. more...

• Children of Violent Parents at Higher Risk for Depression and Alcoholism

  People whose parents were violent with each other are more likely to have problems later in life, including depression, alcoholism, and violence in their own lives. more...