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The idea of sending your child away from home can be daunting. Youth Care is a home away from home. Our intensive, therapeutic program is licensed to treat children and adolescents with such issues as depression, substance use, thought disorders, social withdrawal, and learning disabilities. If you want your child to receive intensive therapeutic and academic support in a place that feels like home, Youth Care is the right choice.

Youth Care offers a home-like setting is much more nurturing than a hospital-type setting and a high ratio of teachers to students in top-notch academic program. School success is a primary goal of treatment for adolescents while at Youth Care.

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ADD Drugs Do Not Increase Likelihood of Substance Abuse

A new study reveals that young adults who took drugs to treat Attention Deficit Disorder as children are no more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol than other young people.

"Some previous studies showed an increased risk of substance abuse associated with stimulant treatment, and other studies showed both no association and a protective effect from treatments, but those studies had some methodological limitations," reported Michael Monuteaux, author and assistant director of research at the pediatric psychopharmacology program at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The researchers interviewed 112 males ages 16 to 27 about their drug and alcohol habits 10 years after they had been diagnosed with ADD. More than 70 percent had taken stimulants and 22 percent were currently taking them. However, the researchers found no link between taking stimulants and increased substance abuse.

This study appears in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

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