• Researchers found that 1 in 10 women (approximately 1.2 million) between the ages of 18 and 44 had a “major depressive event” during the previous year, but more than half did not receive a diagnosis of depression, and almost half did not receive any mental health treatment.
• The younger an individual is when they start drinking alcohol, the more likely he or she is to drink heavily as an adult.
• Spending time with parents during teenage years can have positive effects on one’s psychological and social adjustment.
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults could be linked with making poor financial decisions.
• Children below the poverty line who live in high-cost areas have poorer academic achievement than their counterparts living in low-cost areas.

Heather Rudow is a staff writer for Counseling Today. Email her at hrudow@counseling.org.