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HHS/Office of Adolescent Health Updates State-by-State Adolescent Mental Health Facts. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health has recently updated its state summaries that focus on adolescent mental health. Each state page reports on positive social skills, depressive symptoms, depressive episodes and suicidal thoughts, attempts, and injuries.  Learn More

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Response & Resiliency: Resources to Support Safe Learning Environments Before and After a Crisis

School shootings are always incomprehensible and horrific tragedies, however, words fail to describe December 14th’s heartbreaking and savage attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. All students and staff deserve to learn and work in safe supportive learning environments. Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, who was Principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School said, "Our Responsive Classroom approach focuses on the benefits of a climate of kindness and respect where all...


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New Issue Briefs on Adolescent Mental Health

New Issue Briefs on Adolescent Mental Health Research shows that approximately one in five adolescents has a diagnosable mental health disorder, a leading cause of disability among this age group. In January 2013, Child Trends is issuing three briefs in its Adolescent Health Highlights series focusing on adolescent mental health:   The Mental Health Disorders brief presents the warning signs of mental disorders; describes the types of mental disorders and their prevalence and...


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Medicine Abuse Prevention Resources for Educators

Medicine Abuse Prevention Resources for Educators Last fall The Partnership at Drugfree.org launched The Medicine Abuse Project, an action and education campaign to curb teen medicine abuse, and ultimately save lives. The Medicine Abuse Project aims to prevent half a million teens from abusing medicine within five years. One in six teens has used a prescription drug in order to get high or change their mood, too often with deadly consequences.  Addressing the epidemic of teen...


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Highlight on Tribal Communities Engaged in Suicide Prevention Activities

Highlight on Tribal Communities Engaged in Suicide Prevention Activities There is a new article that describes suicide prevention activities taking place at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, the Gila River Indian Community, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.  Activities are as diverse as suicide prevention gatekeeper training, grieving ceremonies, equine therapy with domesticated mustangs, and youth theater. Native groups received about a third of the latest round of...


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StopBullying.gov Launches Spanish Website

StopBullying.gov Launches Spanish Website StopBullying.gov has launched a new Spanish website: http://espanol.stopbullying.gov/ . Like the English-language version, the new site provides teachers, parents and community leaders with the resources they need to prevent bullying. We encourage you to explore the new site for research and best practices on cyberbullying, prevention and response. You will find a Spanish-language Bullying Prevention Training Module , in addition to the...


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February Is Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) joins the nation in recognizing February as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM). In his Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month Proclamation , President Obama called on all Americans “to stand against dating violence when we see it.” At a time when an estimated 1 in 10 teens will experience dating...


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