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The Western world is worried about its young people. In the United Kingdom their levels of depression are increasing, and suicide is now the second most common cause of death in the under-35 age group. (Department of Health, 1999). Fears are frequently expressed that boys seem to be experiencing difficulties with achieving in education and with their identities (Phillips, 1993). That both sexes are using more illegal recreational drugs is an additional source of concern (Graham and Bowling, 1995).
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Frost, L. (2001). Introduction: the Alien Body. In: Campling, J. (eds) Young Women and the Body. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333985410_1
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