Statistical Research Design Relating To Adolescent Suicide
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A 9 page paper discussing appropriate research design for application to adolescent suicide prevention programs. Report includes review of professional literature and research design hypothesis related to the subject. Bibliography lists more than two dozen sources.
Filename: Adolesc2.doc

Substance Abuse Treatment For Adolescents
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This 5 page paper explores substance abuse among adolescents. It also includes a brief description of the Daytop New Jersey Program, located in Mt. Freedom, NJ. This paper includes portions of the file KTadldrg.wps. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Teen Misconduct: Theories Regarding Involvement With Drugs, Alcohol,and Sex
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A 12 page discussion of the societal factors which lead to teen misconduct. Emphasizes that misconduct is of dire societal concern because such behavior sometimes escalates to criminal or deviant behavior. Reviews the role of the environment in shaping this behavior and deterrence in minimizing it. Concludes that it is a societal priority to address the problems which are teens are facing before misconduct develops into criminal or deviant activity. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Teen Suicide: The Development of a Comprehensive Educational Response
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This 10 page paper considers the issue of teen suicide and the problem for one specific community. This paper suggests that increasing suicide rates in recent years and the reflections in the current literature for a variety of reasons behind this shift has created an impetus for an educational response to the problem. This paper outlines a comprehensive educational program designed to reduce the propensity for suicidal thoughts and tendencies among middle school students. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Teen Suicide: A Growing Epidemic
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5 pages in length. Have you or someone you know ever contemplated suicide? Teen suicide is nearly four times more common today than it was a few decades ago. Suicide is now the third leading killer of young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four. This paper considers what draws teens to suicide and what the alternatives are: most teenagers who are considering suicide don't realize how they can find that life is truly worth living. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Teenage Alcoholism
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A 14 page paper illustrating a hypothetical situation, in combination with actual studies, that involves a high school girl who has a serious drinking problem. She is 17 years old and attends a private Christian school where this writer is a presumed history teacher and youth counselor. Three separate studies, or articles, are examined in detail, assessing their usefulness and analyzing their method of research in an attempt to discover the best possible program to be implemented with the student. Sections of this paper include Intervention Techniques, Assessment and Criteria, Reliability and Validity, Internal Validity, Internal Validity, and others. Although each individual method of approach can prove very helpful, this paper illustrates how one individual case may well benefit more from one type of intervention program than another. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Teenage Pregnancy
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6 pages in length. Due to the multiple risk factors – both physiological and psychological – for adolescent mothers and their children, prevention of repeat pregnancies needs to assume a higher priority than it has in the past. The socioeconomic elements involved with the multiple risk factors of teen pregnancy cannot go unnoticed, inasmuch as the prevalence of teen pregnancies occur in lower income ethnic populations. Along with this particular socioeconomic scenario is the use of drugs during pregnancy, which serves to magnify the problems even more. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Teenage Pregnancy and Choice of Abortion: Multiplied Risks
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(4 pp). Pregnancy in the teenage years is of particular high risk to the mom, to the baby and to the family unit. This discussion will add even more data to that already high risk area. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBtnpreg.doc