Reaching Teens To Address Aggression

Short ER program might help address adolescent aggression. Special programs for teenagers may help reduce the risk that they’ll get caught up in incidents involving violence or alcohol.

In the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers followed 726 teenagers, ages 14 to 18, who visited an emergency department for treatment. All of them said that they’d consumed alcohol and acted aggressively in the past year. Find out the results of the teens who either watched an interactive computer program about drinking and fighting, went through similar material with a therapist, or received a brochure.

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