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Poor mental health and casual sex: cyclical pattern identified

November 21, 2013 by

A new study suggests that poor mental health and casual sex feed off each other in teens and young adults, with each one contributing to the other over time.Researchers found that teens who showed depressive symptoms were more likely than others to engage in casual sex as young adults. In addition, those who engaged in casual sex were more likely to later seriously consider suicide.

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