Around the world, there are an estimated 1.2 billion adolescents between 10 and 19 years old. Although adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, adolescents are neither big children, nor little adults. They have increased ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Canadian teenagers who attend schools in areas with high income inequality are more likely to suffer from depression than those in areas with low income inequality, according to the first study of its kind in Canada.
Feb 8, 2022
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School closures. Family strains. Isolated and quarantined friends. Even when young people haven't directly experienced COVID-19, the pandemic has strained their mental health. Often severely.
Feb 2, 2022
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In a first-ever study, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine examined the unintentional drug overdose mortality in years of life lost among adolescents and young people in ...
Jan 31, 2022
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Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have experienced considerable political and social instability. They also have the highest rates of HIV/AIDS and malaria globally, resulting in a myriad of physical and cognitive consequences ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Two of the most common forms of death among adolescents are suicide and motor vehicle traffic accidents. A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that adolescents who reported at least one suicide attempt within the ...
Jan 19, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The prevalence of depression is increased among pediatric and adult patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Academy of ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Containing the COVID-19 pandemic depends on the degree to which people exhibit prosocial behavior— behavior that benefits others. We wear masks to protect ourselves, but also our neighbors. We get vaccines to stop the spread ...
Jan 5, 2022
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A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports in adolescents 11–14 years old, that schools account for a small, but significant part of a young person's mental health.
Dec 23, 2021
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A study of more than 2,400 adolescents ages 13 to 16 shows two online, single-session interventions designed to help curb teen depression works, a tool very much needed given a rise in teen depression and loss of some in-person ...
Dec 10, 2021
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