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A October, 2006 NPR report, School, Study, SATs: No Wonder Teens Are Stressed, says: Many teens trying to get into top colleges, are overworked, overscheduled and overstressed -- and it's taking a toll on the mental health and development of a number of teens. To help teenagers cope, the American Academy of Pediatrics is launching a new Web site where teens can go and design their own stress-reduction plans, described by the doctors as a "prescription for balance."
In "Inside the Asian Pressure Cooker" at IMDiversity.com, Pueng Vongs writes: "Asians. Chinese, Filipino and other Pacific Islander youths topped the charts of groups reporting symptoms of depression in a survey of middle school kids taken by the San Francisco Unified School District in 2001, in numbers disproportionate to their population."
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