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February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. In the past decades reports of dating violence have increased exponentially, suggesting that this is both a social and public health concern. While the majority of research to date has exclusively targeted adult respondents, recent studies have also found that teen dating violence poses a significant problem due to its shocking prevalence, its harmful physical and mental health effects, and also because these unhealthy relationships occur at a developmental life stage in which romantic relationships are first experienced and interactional patterns are learned and used to gauge all future relationships, thus often carrying over into adulthood.

Teen Misconception. While the abuses of teen dating violence can range from emotional, mental and verbal abuse, to physical assaults, rape and even murder, one thing is certain, abusive teen relationships follow the same patterns of adult domestic violence. Similarly, teen abusers display characteristics

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October is Domestic Violence Month

Friday, October 1st marked the beginning of the 23rd commemoration of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (NDVAM). Across the Nation, domestic violence advocates, agencies, survivors, and concerned citizens will participate in educational programs and fundraising events in an effort to raise awareness of the prevalence and effects of domestic abuse, to impress the need for prevention, and to remember those who have been victimized by abuse.

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