Teenage Hormones Not To Blame!
Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence,...
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Mar 18, 20182 min read
Bosence Young Peoples Service: Case Study Up-Date
The Bosence Young Peoples programme has continued to develop and establish itself since its launch last September. The team at Bosence...
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Phil Harris
Feb 18, 20183 min read
Social Media Does Not Reduce Social Contact, But....
Contrary to popular wisdom, recent studies have disputed the fact that social media has disrupted social contact in young people. ...
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Phil Harris
Jan 11, 20181 min read
Cannabis Decriminalized: What Does The Research Tell Us?
Cannabis was recently legalized in Oregon for recreational use. Interestingly, follow-up research showed that increased availability did...
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Phil Harris
Jan 11, 20181 min read
PROSPER: The Most Effective Prevention Program Ever?
A new drug and alcohol prevention program, PROSPER, has published its 6.5 years follow-up data. Based on the well designed and randomized...
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Phil Harris
Jan 8, 20184 min read
Pre-Lived Futures: The Evidence is In?
In training and adolescent development I often refer to the emotional brains inability to see the future. As a result, the more distant...
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Phil Harris
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Positive Feedback: The Way to a Teenagers Brain
The brains of adolescents react more responsively to receiving rewards. This can lead to risky behaviour, but, according to Leiden...
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Phil Harris
Jan 2, 20182 min read
The Anatomy of Psychopathic Tendencies Found?
Callous-unemotional traits have been linked to deficits in development of the conscience and of empathy. Children and adolescents react...
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Phil Harris
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Aggression in Childhood: Genes Influenced by Environment
In a new Canadian study, researchers from the Université de Montréal set out to investigate the genetic and environmental factors in...
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Phil Harris
Nov 27, 20173 min read
Young People Abandon Risk Taking Behavior
Studies from the US is showing a huge decline in risk taking behavior in young people. Reductions in smoking tobacco, the principle...
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Phil Harris
Oct 9, 20171 min read
Spice Intoxication Reduced-By a Slimming Drug
The intoxicant effects of the synthetic cannabis Spice can be reduced. Early research from Queen Mary University of London has...
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Phil Harris
Sep 29, 20173 min read
Praise Children to the Hilt -If You Want Them to Feel Bad
In lectures I often challenge the idea that self-esteem issues are the root of all young peoples problems. How do children construct...
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Phil Harris
Sep 25, 20171 min read
Primary Care Child Safeguarding Forum 10th Annual Conference
It was a delight to speak at the Primary Care Child Safeguarding Conference last week. PCCSF is an independent professional organisation...
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Phil Harris
Sep 25, 20172 min read
Youtube: A New Media for Alcohol Expectancy?
Expectancy plays a crucial role in facilitating alcohol consumption in young people. The more positive young peoples expectation of...
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Phil Harris
Sep 25, 20172 min read
1 in 4 Girls Depressed by the Age of 14
Lecturing on adolescent development, people are often surprised by the fact that 50 per cent of of mental health diagnosis are made by...
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Phil Harris
Sep 14, 20172 min read
Is a Cure for Cannabis Psychosis on Its Way?
An interesting break through in the study of cannabis psychosis has revealed not just a mechanism for the disorder but also a potential...
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Phil Harris
Sep 14, 20171 min read
See Empathy Develop in Real Time
In lecturers and training on adolescent development I often discuss the emergence of empathy during puberty. Now research has caught the...
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Phil Harris
Sep 5, 20172 min read
Gender Differences Found in Long Term Alcohol Use
Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these changes are...
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Phil Harris
Sep 5, 20172 min read
ADHD: A Sleep Disorder?
Around 75% of children and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also have sleep problems, but until now these have...
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Phil Harris
Aug 30, 20172 min read
Risk Taking: Sleep Related?
Teenagers are the most sleep deprived group in society. Whilst sleep requirements tail-off across childhood, they increase again sharply...
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