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A new study in the Journal of Adolescence looks at motivations in online accounts of self-harm and gives an insight into the various ways young people describe their actions. The research aims to examine ‘magical thinking’ in explanations of self-harm but this doesn’t necesarilly mean magical thinking in the sense associated with psychosis (i.e. unknown forces and jumping to conclusion) but in terms of how metaphors and symbolism and woven into the young people’s explanations. 
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A study carried out by a University of Glasgow research team in the 1960s into young people’s leisure activities reveals that they are much like those today. Most of them watched television.
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Young people who smoke each day light up more cigarettes if they see other young smokers. Anti-smoking campaigns wrongly ignore this implicit effect, says Dutch researcher Zeena Harakeh.
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The negative effects of depression in young people on the health of their hearts may be stronger than previously recognized.
Morgan Rector's comment,
February 26, 2013 2:17 PM
Some people believe there is no direct effect of depression to the body except for unhappiness. This article will help me prove that we need to make a change in order to better our heath.
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The young generation is focused on themselves and goals like making a lot of money.
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Why do older people view life in a sunnier light than the young?
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A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis of long-term effects of violent video game play on the brain has found changes in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control in young adult men after one week of...
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ethanol | Alcohol selectively impairs negative self-relevant associations in young drinkers.The stress-dampening effects of alcohol have been attributed to 'appraisal dis...
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