Affective-sexual education is a critical component of human development, encompassing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to emotions, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic deepened existing health disparities and thrust children into a mental health epidemic, altering the ...

More than 1 in 10 US adolescents and adults suffer from depression, with rates highest in teenage girls, but most do not get ...

Adolescents, whose neurocognitive development and social identity formation are still in flux, are uniquely susceptible to misinformation online. The study highlights how teenagers’ increasing ...

A study identifies three clinically distinct profiles of patients with vitiligo on the basis of emotional, psychological, and ...

Hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are the most effective treatments for children suffering with unexplained ...

A study found that the use of communication messaging apps such as Kakao Talk can help ease depression among adolescents.

Journalist Stephen Fried has been covering teenage mental health for over 40 years. He hopes Netflix viewers learn the right lesson from the series “Adolescence.” ...

Language has the potential to spread awareness of mental health concerns—but to be effective, it must be wielded responsibly.

Investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is ...

The evidence linking social media to teen loneliness crumbles under scrutiny. Discover how flawed research methods create ...

In the Netflix series "Adolescence," we have no idea why Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested at the beginning of the first episode. The tension from seeing a helpless 13-year-old boy escorted to a ...