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Unfortunately, many programs for people with eating disorders are geared toward women and teenage girls.
Wasting away: what's driving young gay men to starve, binge, and purge?
The incidence of disorders in the autism spectrum has increased in the past decade.
Outside looking in: researchers open new windows on Asperger syndrome and related disorders
As the author points out there is a high incidence of mental disorders among youthful offenders.
Thomas Grisso, Double Jeopardy: Adolescent Offenders with Mental Disorders
Whatever your risk for an eating disorder, one thing is certain: Media images have a big impact on how people feel about themselves.
Eating troubles
It is also important to remember that many symptoms described below are "normal" in moderation--everyone feels anxious and sad on occasion, but that does not mean a clinical disorder is present.
Children's mental health and camp what is our role?
In a comprehensive study of 196 Chicago communities, these researchers found that not only was neighborhood-level collective efficacy the most significant predictor of crime and disorder but when collective efficacy and structural characteristics, like poverty, population density, and mixed land use, were taken into consideration, the connection between disorder and crime all but disappeared.
Situational policing
Bipolar disorder in children often is misdiagnosed and misunderstood.
A closer examination of bipolar disorder in school-age children
Genetically identical twins raised in the same environment are three times more likely to both have major depressive disorder than are fraternal twins, who have only about half their genes in common.
Etiology of depression in children
If this interpretation is correct, it provides a strong likelihood that phthalate exposure in humans is one potential cause of TDS disorders, a conclusion that has widespread public health implications.
Phthalate exposure during pregnancy and lower anogenital index in boys: wider implications for the general population?
Although more than two thirds of those with the disorder consult a family doctor, psychiatrist or psychologist compared with slightly more than one fifth without the disorder, they are also more likely to have other mental and emotional problems, such as a chronic physical condition.
Most bi-polars are employed supports make the difference
Currently about one in five children has a diagnosable mental, emotional or behavioral disorder, and up to one in 10 might suffer from a serious emotional disturbance.
Striking a balance: insurers believe passage of a new federal mental-health parity bill will have limited impact on the industry

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