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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New research shows that the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare) significantly improved the number of youth in the United States who had health insurance and received well-child visits. However, disparities in insurance coverage ...
Jul 24, 2017
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Coming out to one's family can be stressful, but gay black males face a unique set of personal, familial and social challenges.
Jan 22, 2013
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An investigation into factors related to disparities of depression in young adults has found that higher parental education - which has a protective effect for white youth - can also increase the risk of depression for black ...
Dec 18, 2014
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U.S. rates of suicide by all methods rose steadily for adolescents between 1999 and 2020, a new analysis shows.
Mar 29, 2024
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Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday.
Nov 16, 2023
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Associations between strong predictors of suicidal behaviors over the life course, such as adverse childhood events (ACEs), remain understudied among youth of color. Although not previously considered high risk, suicide attempts ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Adolescents of color with a disability or special health care need (SHCN) were almost twice as likely to experience racial discrimination compared to peers of color without SHCNs, according to Saint Louis University (SLU) ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Family-centered prevention programs that foster protective caregiving can buffer the negative effects of racial discrimination on young Black people, according to a study published by University of Georgia researchers.
Mar 24, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Concern, worry, and stress related to school violence or shootings may be risk factors for internalizing problems among U.S. teens, according to a study published online Nov. 1 in JAMA Network Open.
Nov 22, 2021
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