A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders provides evidence that while depression in early adolescence is ...

To view the lives of adolescents through the lens of health care is to see a paradox: while most adolescents at this stage of life are thriving, they are also experiencing their moment of greatest ...

Social media is a double-edged sword which can both support and harm youth mental health. What matters most, according to the ...

Philadelphia, June 13, 2024 – While doctors understand that adolescents have certain unique health questions and concerns, several challenges prevent this critical information from being collected in ...

Researchers analysed the impact of the prolonged war on the mental health of children and adolescents in Ukraine. Reported ...

Teens who start using cannabis before age 15 are more likely to use the drug often later in their lives. They are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood ...

The right of adolescents to access confidential health care is sensitive and controversial. Recent challenges in the court system to adolescents' right to access abortion and contraception are eroding ...

Saint Louis University's adolescent medicine section aims to improve the health of adolescents in the St. Louis region and surrounding areas as well as to educate health care providers about ...

The rising prevalence of mental health issues among adolescents signals a looming social crisis for the country. Children’s rights advocate, Consolata Bahati, has called for unified efforts from ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...