After many years of partisan politics, increasingly divisive language, finger-pointing and inflammatory speech have ...

“Adolescence is a critical period in human development – we must provide our young people with all the support they need to ensure a smooth transition to adulthood.” According to the World Health ...

Adolescence is a sensitive period for socio-cultural processing and a vast literature has established that adolescents are exceptionally attuned to the social context. Theoretical accounts posit that ...

Despite being a first-line treatment for adolescent depression and anxiety, antidepressant drugs appear to have questionable efficacy and carry an increased risk of adverse effects in this population.

Adolescents who used cannabis at any point during the study period reported a greater number of psychosis spectrum symptoms and more distress compared to those who never used cannabis, supporting ...

Binge drinking is very common in adolescence, a crucial period for brain growth and maturation. Early-life alcohol exposure produces molecular, genetic, epigenetic and structural changes in the brain.

KOCHI: Adolescence is a transformative period of growth and self-discovery. For some people, it also becomes a time of grappling with idiopathic adolescent scol ...

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. adolescents with commercial insurance received gender-affirming medications — puberty blockers or hormones — during a recent five-year period, according to the study ...

adolescence marks a dramatic shift in how other adult males treat them. "[Adult males] tend to, in general, be pretty nice to infants and juveniles — outside of a short period where they try ...