Chicago, Illinois is the third most populated city in the United States. It’s a finance, technology, transportation and industry hub, but it’s also home to some of the worst drug problems in the country. Here are three of the most prevalent drugs being used in Chicago.
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Parenting teens can be difficult. The closer to adulthood children get, the more likely they are to try to push away from their parents and become their own person. However, some teens push particularly hard, creating more conflict in teen family dynamics —especially if they suffer from mental health disorders or substance abuse. The difficulty …
Teens can take an obsessive involvement in certain activities such as gambling, Internet use, video games and eating; this is known as process addiction (or behavioral addiction). Below are six tips you can use to help your teen if they suffer from a process addiction.
It’s important for parents, teachers, and other caregivers, such as staff at teen rehab treatment centers, to be able to guide children and teens through healthy social-emotional development stages of their growth. To help with this, an understanding of some basic psychology is worthwhile. A psychologist by the name of Erik Erikson identified eight specific psychological …
