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Girls on HBO Is About More Than Sex

Jennifer L. Tanner Ph.D. on June 1, 2012

Girls is a trip into the psyches of young people hovering around their 20s.

Girls is a trip into the psyches of young people hovering around their 20s.

Suicide
Child abuse induced suicide: What helps people write different endings?

Jennifer L. Tanner Ph.D. on January 12, 2011

Bill Zeller died of suicide at age 27, due to abuse he suffered during childhood.

But what helps people write different endings?

In this guest post, Emily Rosenbaum, PhD writes about the stories of child abuse.

Bill Zeller died of suicide at age 27, due to abuse he suffered during childhood.

But what helps people write different endings?

In this guest post, Emily Rosenbaum, PhD writes about the stories of child abuse.

Suicide
Suicide at Age 27: Death due to child abuse

Jennifer L. Tanner Ph.D. on January 11, 2011

Statistically, Bill Zeller's death will count as ‘1' in the 18- to 29-year-old column for deaths due to suicide. The CDC reports such fatal injury data by cause of death. But no government agency is responsible for correcting the CDC's counts of suicide when the cause of death occurred long before the suicide. And maybe there should be.

Statistically, Bill Zeller's death will count as ‘1' in the 18- to 29-year-old column for deaths due to suicide. The CDC reports such fatal injury data by cause of death. But no government agency is responsible for correcting the CDC's counts of suicide when the cause of death occurred long before the suicide. And maybe there should be.

Suicide
Bill Zeller, age 27, suicide

Jennifer L. Tanner Ph.D. on January 10, 2011

Bill Zeller's suicide note reveals decades of persistent pain

Bill Zeller's suicide note reveals decades of persistent pain

Parenting
At weddings, ask twentysomethings--how is life going?

Jennifer L. Tanner Ph.D. on June 23, 2010

Well-meaning grown-up types are advised not to ask twentysomethings...what are you doing, rather, how is life going?

Well-meaning grown-up types are advised not to ask twentysomethings...what are you doing, rather, how is life going?

Parenting
Congratulations graduate, you're a "dependent" now!

Jennifer L. Tanner Ph.D. on June 3, 2010

 Being labeled a "dependent" may not feel good to emerging adults. Alternatively, it may feel right; given that 80% of college graduates move back home after graduation, are emerging adults best understood as dependents? What issues does "being a dependent" raise for emerging adults? Their parents? Society?  

 Being labeled a "dependent" may not feel good to emerging adults. Alternatively, it may feel right; given that 80% of college graduates move back home after graduation, are emerging adults best understood as dependents? What issues does "being a dependent" raise for emerging adults? Their parents? Society?  

Adolescence
Who Is an "Adult?"

Jennifer L. Tanner Ph.D. on March 3, 2010

Exploring the paths that 18- to 29-year-olds take from adolescence into adulthood.

Exploring the paths that 18- to 29-year-olds take from adolescence into adulthood.

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