A new study concluded that effective treatment of depressed teenagers included switching medications if needed, and additional support by means of therapy. The findings addressed the problems of parents whose children did not show any satisfactory response from the medications primarily prescribed for treatment of depression.

Researchers headed by Dr. Graham Emslie, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at Children's Medical Center in Dallas drew their findings from an experiment that involved 334 patients from 12 to 18 years old. All the subjects have been suffering from major depressive order, and had shown a lack of response to two months of prescription treatment

A recent study concluded that teenagers who adopt an angst-ridden attitude are mostly influenced by particular brain structures that are different than those of more laid-back adolescents.

Experts from the University of Melbourne drew their findings from an experiment involving 137 adolescents, aged 11-14, all of whom were monitored during "problem-solving interactions" with their parents, with the subjects being issues such as bedtime, cell phone use, Internet use, homework, and other typical concerns between parents and teenagers

At least 82 young children have died by playing the "choking game" from 1995 to 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.

In the practice of "choking game," also known as "blackout game," "pass out game," "scarf game" and "space monkey", teens try to experience a fleeting "high" by strangling themselves with their hands or a noose or having someone else strangle them in order to cut off the oxygen supply to the brain

The British Public Health Department will launch on Wednesday a renewed contraception drive to bring down unwanted pregnancies, especially among teenagers. The campaign will veer away from the pill as the main contraception method, but will push instead for anti-pregnancy devices with longer-term use such as injections and implants.

The ministry has a $19.6 million (10 million pound) allocation for the campaign. Health Minister Dawn Primarolo said the campaign does not intend to shift the balance of contraceptive methods away from the pill

Drinking habits of parents significantly affects their children's future alcohol habits, and as well as their perception of parenting, a new study shows.

Experts from the Virginia Commonwealth University drew their findings from an experiment involving teenagers, 2,402 males and 2,329 females in Finland, as well as their parents. The scientists asked the teenagers about their alcohol use and intoxication experiences during the ages of 14, and 17.5