Suburban kids are more messed up than inner-city ones (2005)


	Suburban kids are more messed up than inner-city ones (2005)

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3-24-2008 11:47 PM

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psychology, suburbia, america, mental_health, depression, youth, parenting, news

enbar says:

A 2005 study showed that the average suburban, well-off white teenager is more likely to engage in substance abuse or suffer from depression than kids living in poverty or in the inner city.

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