Abney & Associates Technology Updates: Teens’ brains make them more vulnerable to suicide
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens 15 to 19 years old, according to the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
‘The young are heated by nature as drunken men by wine.”
Aristotle made that observation 2,300 years ago, and since then, not much has changed about the way the adolescent brain behaves. But these days, researchers are beginning to understand exactly why a teenager’s brain is so tempestuous, and what biological factors may make teens’ brains vulnerable to mood disorders, substance abuse, and suicide.
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- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 2014
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781291783094
- Category
- Engineering
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Alien Armstrong
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