Excessive social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated adolescent mental health challenges
How does time spent online, and especially social media, affect the brains and behaviors of children and youth?
Jan 21, 2024
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How does time spent online, and especially social media, affect the brains and behaviors of children and youth?
Jan 21, 2024
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A Columbia University study found that positive relationships with parents and other adults during childhood are associated with better mental health in adulthood, regardless of exposure to adverse childhood experiences.
Jan 18, 2024
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A new study looking at the mental health of young male prisoners has found that more than 85% had a current mental health condition; however, less than 3% had received a clinical assessment (i.e., a comprehensive assessment ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Adverse early experiences, such as parental neglect, abuse, the death of a loved one, or other traumatic events, are known to influence how humans will behave as adults. For instance, studies have found that victims of childhood ...
University of Limerick (UL), Ireland research has shed new light on the link between childhood adversity and future risk of death. A major international study led by researchers at UL and published in the journal Psychosomatic ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Experiencing adversity before the age of 18 is unfortunately quite common. Nearly two thirds of young people experience at least one instance of adversity, be it abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction. Adverse childhood ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, or neglect, either alone or combined with other types of childhood trauma, increases the risk of chronic pain and related disability in adulthood, according to new research.
Dec 19, 2023
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A new study published in Clinical Social Work Journal found that adolescents and young adults who experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) before the age of 18 were significantly more likely to experience symptoms ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Adults who faced adversity during childhood were significantly more likely to die from or be hospitalized because of COVID-19. That's the key finding of my team's recent study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Experiences of discrimination and acculturation are known to have a detrimental effect on a person's health. For pregnant women, these painful experiences can also affect the brain circuitry of their children, a new study ...
Nov 27, 2023
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