To view the lives of adolescents through the lens of health care is to see a paradox: while most adolescents at this stage of life are thriving, they are also experiencing their moment of greatest ...

The right of adolescents to access confidential health care is sensitive and controversial. Recent challenges in the court system to adolescents' right to access abortion and contraception are eroding ...

Teens who start using cannabis before age 15 are more likely to use the drug often later in their lives. They are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood ...

Parents frequently express apprehension regarding the duration of mobile phone, tablet, and game console usage among their children. It is common to associate screens with nearly all childhood and ...

India faces a growing, largely neglected crisis in child and adolescent mental health, rooted in early vulnerability and ...

"I think this crisis is so significant that we just can't meet the demand." Dr. Deborah Levine has been a pediatric emergency medicine physician in the New York City area for over two decades. In ...

More teenagers report high mental wellbeing - yet at the same time, those who are struggling rate their depressive symptoms significantly higher than previous cohorts did at the same age, according to ...

This week Mad in America examines three studies around art therapy and art-based interventions for mental health issues. Two studies reported on the lived Studies find art-based interventions can be ...

Co-authored by Srisindhu Medukonduru and Eunice Y. Yuen, M.D., Ph.D. Acne is a common, worldwide skin condition with a global prevalence of 9.4%. Interestingly, it is more prevalent in high-income or ...

A non-governmental organisation – Hacey – has presented a scorecard of its framework priorities on adolescent and young people’s sexual health. The presentation was done at the second national ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...