The Institute for Adolescent Mental Health and Well-Being at Northwestern is up and running after the University received a $25 million gift in May from an anonymous donor. Located in the Weinberg ...

Adolescents have long engaged in high-risk behaviors and poor decisions. Now we know that it's got a lot to do with what's going on in the development of their brains.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is recommending that surgeons delay gender-affirming surgeries until patients turn ...

That early rejection taught them something invaluable: you can survive not being liked. And once you know that, you stop contorting yourself to avoid it. You just exist as you are, and the people who ...

Tina D. Connan highlights resilience strategies to support and guide middle school students in overcoming challenges ...

The Guam Department of Education Division of Curriculum & Instruction held the first session of the Adult Preparation Subject Educational Virtual Reality in the Classroom professional development seri ...

Australia recently announced a ban on social media use for kids under 16, citing concerns about mental health and online safety. But there’s another issue at stake—sleep. Teenagers ’ late-night screen ...

Child and adolescent development encompasses the dynamic progression of biological, cognitive, emotional, and social capacities from infancy through adolescence. Early developmental processes, such as ...

Despite what boomers may say, the old ways aren't always better. But in the case of these 11 parenting tools and techniques, ...

Procrastination, the tendency to unnecessarily delay or put off tasks even if this will have negative consequences, is a common behavior for many people. While occasionally delaying or putting off ...

Physical aggression by young people toward their parents occurs quite frequently – yet the subject remains taboo.

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic “hotspot” that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...