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    • Dating Violence & Abuse
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    Unhealthy Relationships for Teens

    Not all relationships are healthy. This section can help you determine if you or a friend are in an unhealthy or abusive relationship.

    • Danger Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship
      • Red Lights

    • Dating Violence and Abuse

      • Forms of Abuse

      • Dating Violence Cycle

      • Myths of Dating Violence

      • Abusive Romantic Relationship


    Last reviewed February 2009.


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    If your relationship becomes violent, ask for help
    Developed with funding from the Education Division of PAMF and Youth Venture

    Writers: Julia Ransohoff, Christina Jeffery, and Nancy Brown, PhD
    with Katie Ransohoff, Joanna Yang, Anna Rafferty, Leigha Winters & Nigel Anderson


    Below are sources PAMF accessed when researching this topic. PAMF does not sponsor or endorse any of these sites, nor does PAMF guarantee the accuracy of the information contained on them.

    Dating Violence, Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ACADV).

    Family Violence Prevention Fund.

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