Prevention program helps teens override a gene linked to risky behaviour
Friday, May 15, 2009 - 05:28
in Psychology & Sociology
A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behaviour proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behaviour, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), components of the National Institutes of Health, supported the study, which appears in the May/June issue of Child Development...
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