Society's Need for Yoga

• Bullying
  www.nces.ed.gov
  Indicators of School Crime and Safety
• Depression
  www.kidsmentalhealth.ca
  Children’s Mental Health Ontario
• Health Assessment
  www.bced.gov.bc.ca
  Creating Healthy Futures: BC Healthy Schools Network Assessment Tool
• Physical Activity
  www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/index.htm
  Importance of Physical Activity
• Suicide
  www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/164/9/1356
  Early Evidence on the Effects of Regulators' Suicidal Warnings on SSRI Prescriptions and Suicide in Children and Adolescents
• www.nmha.org/index.cfm?objectid=9327EFEC-1372-4D20-C8CEAD8075905557
  Increased Suicide Rate in Children and Teens Found
• Too much TV
  www.newscientist.com/article/mg18725072.900.html
  Too Much TV is Not Smart
• Teen pregnancy
  www.eric.ed.gov
  A call to action:  What Schools can do to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and Promote Student Achievement
• www.mentalhealth.about.com/library/sex/blcall4.htm
  The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior
• Violence in Society
  www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul2000_8_2/page4.html
  Youth Gangs in Schools