Earthquake: Trauma and Stress
Everyone in Christchurch has experienced extremely traumatic events over the past few days
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Adolescents and facebook
Up to 90% of adolescents use one or more of the social networking sites – Bebo, My Space or Facebook are examples – and that’s a lot of young people socialising with a computer screen
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Drugs and alcohol and your family
Are you worried about the drinking or other drug use of someone in your family?
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Sports fans – the good, the bad, and the ugly
Everyone has to develop a personal identity (“what are my values and what are my talents”) and a social identity (“who do I fit in with and who do I want to be like”)
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Gossip – it can be good for you
Gossip is practiced everywhere in the world. Unfortunately, gossip has acquired a decidedly shady reputation.
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Step-parenting
However well it goes, there are times when step-parenting presents a significant challenge, especially in the early years.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
In recent times, there appears to have been an increasing number of natural disasters occurring, such as the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, China, and the tsunami experienced in Samoa last year.
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Adolescent sex offenders
Sexual offending continues to be an emotive topic that elicits extensive discussion amongst the general public, scholars, and the legal system
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Separated parents: What’s it like?
Approximately one half of committed relationships (marriage or de facto) result in separation – that’s a lot of separated adults.
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Adult fighting: What happens to children?
One of the most anxiety-provoking events for children is when their parents fight.
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