Prevention & Early Intervention

Rules mean you care about your child and his or her safety. Don't feel bad about setting limits — your child needs them.
Es importante que los padres entiendan las razones por las cuales sus hijos prueban las drogas y el alcohol.
Sabemos que hablar con su hijo sobre los riesgos de la marihuana puede ser difícil. Estamos para ayudarle.
Appreciating the goodness in our lives, helps teens feel more positive emotions, rather than negative feelings like stress, anxiety and depression — and there’s research to prove it.
What is mindfulness? Can it help teens de-stress? And how do you do it?
Teenagers are living life at full speed and need more sleep than adults to stay healthy and safe – and cope with stress.
How can parents tell when their child is experiencing a ‘normal’ amount of stress — and when they should be worried? We reached out to two pediatricians to find out.
What happens when high-school and college kids (who don’t have ADHD) take prescription stimulants that are not prescribed to them? Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, weighs in.
While some stress can help motivate kids to get work done, too much stress can be overwhelming and can cause problems with health, sleep and brain function. Learn 10 tips to help your kids manage stress.
How you, as a parent, handle stress and life’s pressures can be reflected in your child’s behavior. Learn how to model healthy coping skills.
Students today are more anxious and stressed out than ever before. Julie Lythcott-Haims saw this first-hand when she served as Stanford University’s Dean of Freshmen for a decade.
Being a student today can be really tough, and often teens will feel tempted to “solve” their academic and social problems with prescription stimulants.
We have compiled a comprehensive set of effective policies and practices that identifies specific actions for improving the prevention and treatment of risky substance use and addiction in the U.S.
As soon as your college kid arrives home, sit down and talk. It’s not all about drugs and alcohol, it’s about maintaining a supportive relationship.
It’s important to remember your power as a parent. Here are 6 suggestions on ways you can reduce the chance your teen will drink, use drugs or engage in other risky behavior.
If you're concerned about your teen's drug or alcohol use, take action. You can never intervene too early -- even if you think it's just "experimenting."
The transition from school to summertime provides new opportunities for teens — and it can be challenging for some adolescents to cope with the change.
Help your teen enjoy their prom and graduation without drinking or using drugs.
The rate of teens who said they’ve ever tried vaping marijuana more than doubled between 2013 and 2020, from 6.1% to 13.6%, according to a new analysis of studies reported in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Marijuana use during middle to late adolescence may be associated with changes in brain development, a new study suggests.
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A new study finds young adults who are interested in casual dating drink more alcohol than their peers who aren’t interested in dating, HealthDay reports.
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