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Category Archives: Adolescence
50 Practical Strategies for Treating ADHD without Drugs
There’s a news feature in the New York Times today (“Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions”) that focuses on the problem of addiction to ADHD medications. While the article deals mainly with college students and young adults who deceive mental … Continue reading
Posted in Adolescence, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Education, Health, Parenting, Special Education, Young Adulthood
Tagged ADD, ADD/ADHD, Adderall, addiction, ADHD, adolescence, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperactivity, psychoactive medications, psychostimulants, Ritalin, young adulthood
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The Dark Side of Neurodiversity
The December 14th shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, have opened up a Pandora’s box of issues related to mental health. One controversy in particular relates to the shooter Adam Lanza’s alleged identification as a person with a mild form of autism … Continue reading
Posted in Adolescence, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Health, Human Development, Neurodiversity, Social Issues, Special Education, Young Adulthood
Tagged Adam Lanza, Asperger's syndrome, Autism Speaks, biodiversity, cultural diversity, Judy Singer, mass murder, mental health, mental illness, Neurodiversity, Newtown shootings, violence
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The Schwarzenegger Effect: Body-Building and Steroid Abuse on the Rise in Boys
A study in today’s issue of Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, reveals that boys are more concerned now than in the past with building their bodies up to look more muscular. Data from around 1400 boys (average age 14), … Continue reading
Posted in Adolescence, Education, Human Development, Parenting, Social Issues
Tagged adolescence, Association Against Steroid Abuse, body image, body-building, boys health, doping, Lance Armstrong, masculine development, men's issues, nutritional supplements, steroid abuse, steroid use, steroids, Taylor Hooten Foundation, teenagers, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
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High School Biology Teacher to 2012 Nobel Prize Winner: “You’ll Never Make it as a Scientist”
The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology was awarded today to two researchers who made landmark discoveries in cell biology. According to The New York Times, one of the researchers, John B. Gurdon of Cambridge University, was originally discouraged from becoming a … Continue reading
Posted in Adolescence, Education
Tagged biology, cell biology, cloning, education, high school biology, John B. Gurdon, negative expectations, Nobel Prize, scientist
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