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Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
"How do we break through and truly reach our young adult patrons? It begins with understanding them. Librarians who work with teens need information and a big-picture perspective on adolescence that reflects the latest knowledge of cognate fields and the contemporary realities of young people's lives. In this greatly revised and updated edition of her popular guide Burek Pierce provides exactly that, selecting and synthesizing emerging information...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology--more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity--has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain's pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD,...
Author
Publisher
Inkwater Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Provides the clear scientific proof to back up what we've all been suspecting: we're all subjects in a massive experiment to see what "i-Technology" (video games, social media, cell phones and a host of other screen-based devices) will do to our brains. The evidence is in, and it's frightening ... walks us through the science on how rapidly our brains are changing after 100,000 years of slow development, what the dangers are, and the positive steps...
Author
Publisher
Bick Publishing House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A manual for teens and young adults to help them understand mental illness and recovery. Covers such topics as mental illnesses, suicidal thoughts, personality disorders, learning problems, intellectual disabilities, treatment, and recovery, and discusses treatments, therapies, medications, and support groups.
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