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Teen Violence
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- Prevention/Screening
- Coping
- Specific Conditions
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- Teenagers
Latest News
- Latest News
- Death Rates Very High Among Troubled Youth (06/06/2005, Reuters Health)
- Teens Who Experience Violence Likely to Be Violent (05/26/2005, Reuters Health)
- Tips for Addressing School Related Youth Violence (03/23/2005, American Psychiatric Association)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Is Youth Violence Just Another Fact of Life? (American Psychological Association)
- Understanding Violent Behavior in Children & Adolescents (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in: Spanish - Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General - At A Glance: Messages (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Children's Threats: When Are They Serious? (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in: Spanish - Warning Signs (American Psychological Association, MTV: Music Television)
Also available in: Spanish
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Conflict Resolution (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Listening Dads Are Champs: Spend Time Listening and Talking with Your Kids Each Day: Conversation Starter Cards (Center for Mental Health Services)
- Managing Anger (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Parents: Be Role Models for Your Children (Center for Mental Health Services)
- Raising Children to Resist Violence: What You Can Do (American Psychological Association)
- Self-Defense Basics (Nemours Foundation)
- Tips for Addressing School Related Youth Violence (American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF
Coping
- Coping
- Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters (National Institute of Mental Health)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Teen Dating Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Teen Firearm Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Understanding School Violence (Nemours Foundation)
- Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General - At A Glance: Myths vs. Facts (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Aggression (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Date Rape: What You Should Know (Nemours Foundation)
- Gangs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, White House Council on Youth Violence)
- Hate Crimes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hazing (Nemours Foundation)
- Should You Worry about School Violence? (Nemours Foundation)
- Teens: The Company They Keep (National Institute of Mental Health)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Adolescent Behavior (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Teen Violence (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Innovative Foster Care Programs Show Promise in Reducing Youth Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Panel Finds That Scare Tactics for Violence Prevention Are Harmful (National Institutes of Health)
- Trends in Violence among High School Students from 1991 to 2003 (Nemours Foundation)
- U.S. Youth No More Likely to Engage in Violence Than Youth in Four Other Countries (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
Statistics
- Statistics
- Female Youths and Delinquent Behaviors (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Inhalant Use and Delinquent Behaviors Among Young Adolescents (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Physical Fighting among Teenagers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Youth Violence in the United States (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
Also available in: Spanish
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Kids and Teens Page (National Runaway Switchboard) (National Runaway Switchboard)