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1. Let us Understand the
practical Side of
Adolescence

2. Rise in depression among the young in Mumbai
Jun 20, 2013, Times Of India
Statistics for people suffering
from depression in the city is alarming.
Clinical psychologist and author, Seema
Hingorrany says, "Since the last five years
we have seen a steady increase of
around 75% in depression
cases out of which, around 60% also
attempt and contemplate suicide." The
worst part is that the age group
of the patients, that the
experts are talking about,
ranges from 6 years to 25 years
Psychiatrist Dr Rajesh Parikh, whose
youngest patient for depression has been
a nine-year-old boy, says,
"I have seen a steady increase in reported
cases of depression among students over the
past two decades.

3. Bullied kids at suicidal behaviour risk
Jun 28, 2013, Time of India
Analysis showed over 50% of
students in grades 6, 9, and
12 reported being involved in
bullying, either as the victim
or the bully. Involvement in bullying
was also strongly linked to suicidal
ideation or attempts.
The analysis showed clear risk factors
for suicidal thinking and behavior
among young people involved in
bullying.
Among them: self injury, such
as cutting, emotional
distress, running away,
and previous trauma in
childhood, such as physical or
sexual abuse.

4. First puff of smoke: Age of onset is 11-12 years
Vulnerable and curious youngsters make for a
"soft target" for tobacco companies who
glamourise their product, said experts as the
age of onset of experiment
with cigarettes or other form
of tobacco worryingly fell to
a startling 11-12 years
Jun 17, 2013, Time of India

5. Some children and adolescents start using
alcohol at a very early age
Reasons for drinking at a young age are:
• Experimentation
• Peer pressure
• Family problems
• Low self esteem
• Aggression
• Parents or siblings using alcohol
• Anxiety
• Depression
Alcoholwebindia.in

6. Board and Entrance Exam Stress on Students
If you are a student, there is no need for me to
explain what exam stress is. Sleepless
nights, troubled thoughts,
loss of appetite, rapid
pulse, trembling hands-
these are typical manifestations of exam fear.
Recent research has shown that it affects all
the systems of the human body: nervous,
immune, cardiovascular, etc. Unfortunately,
the negative influence of this phenomenon on
the students’ body and their psychology is
underestimated nowadays. Social polls
demonstrate that
students perceive the exams as a “duel of
questions and answers”, as a
“severe torture” as
“intellectual &
emotional overload”
Mar 11, 2010, Time of India

7. Why do teens like to argue so much and
what can be done about it?
Endless argument is the common problem
faced by most of the parents and teenagers.
Teenagers don’t have any good reason to
argue with their parents. They even don’t
know how to communicate effectively. They
are not able to express their anger in the
right tone.
Teenagers want to become
independent. So they don’t like
the interference of their
parents. If parents try to
interfere then teens start
arguing with their parents.
ParentingNation.in

8. 17 year old girl commits suicide after poor
performance in exam
Despite her overall high score of 1062 of 1200, a
plus two girl student in Tenkasi allegedly
committed suicide because
she got lower marks in
mathematics, police said
today.
Police said the 17-year-old hanged herself using
a duppatta when she was alone in her house.
Many students had complained that the
mathematics examination question paper was
tough.
May 9, 2013, NDTV India

9. Girl ends life over 'sexual harassment' by
teacher
A 17-year-old student on Wednesday
committed suicide due to alleged
sexual harassment by her teacher in
Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district,
police said.
The girl, a student of intermediate
second year in A P Social Welfare
Residential Junior College at
Khambampadu village, was fed
up with the lewd
messages sent by her
lecturer Chandrasekhar, DSP A
Shankar Reddy said.
Jun 19, 2013, Time of India