Increased loneliness during adolescence was associated with an increased risk for depression and asthma in adulthood, ...

Franciscan Alliance is responding to the increased need for behavioral health care with plans to dedicate the existing Dyer ...

EJ Moreno looks at the horrors of teenage life… What do you remember from growing up? Were the changes to your body or navigating high school politics terrifying? Many films capture those experiences ...

A recent study published in the European Journal of Neuroscience sheds light on how childhood maltreatment may leave lasting ...

Teen obesity increases stroke risk in women, highlighting the need for early intervention and weight management.

Many decades ago, a writer said that adolescence is a disease. While some have argued against this characterization, in one of the chapters of my book, 'Tell, Don't Yell,' I maintain that their ...

For many parents, their daughter or son’s entry into adolescence can bring some sense of loss because the coming-of-age passage has now begun. Best for them to accept it: they will never have ...

Empathy responses to others in pain peak in young adulthood, according to a new study led by the University of Kent's School ...

Adolescent mental health is at stake with 74% of study participants reporting common mental disorder symptoms as early as 14 years of age.

A major new study by experts from The University of Manchester has found that bullying has a significant negative impact on ...

Adolescence is a challenging time for young people, bringing on not only the physical changes of puberty, but emotional transformation as well and in some cases, the emergence of serious mental ...