On Thursday, in fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that obesity rates for children and teens ages 2-19 have reached an all-time high — hitting 21.1% between 2021 and 2021, ...

Teens who are lonely and those who experience conflict in their home life are more likely to act aggressively toward peers or become victims themselves. These are some of the findings in a new ...

Nearly a quarter of teens sleep 5 hours or less per night and the majority sleep less than 8 hours. The problem is pervasive and technology doesn't seem to be the main culprit, according to a new ...

A new study published in the journal Addiction shows that cannabis use among Swedish adolescents appears to follow the same population-level pattern previously observed for alcohol. The findings ...

With teen alcohol abuse increasing across Arizona and the U.S., Artemis Adolescent Healing Center reinforces access to ...

Under the carefully styled hair of a teenager, the brain is roiling with change. Some nerve cells are killed off, others are pruned back and still others are locked into place, a restyling that moves ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. "You mean we get all this responsibility without any directions?" This blog post comes out of a talk with parents of teenagers during which a lot of questions dealt with ...

I believe adolescent development is driven behavior, with five psychological "engines" fueling much of that drive, each one having the same objective: the achievement of grown up independence. These ...

The diagnosis of cancer during adolescent and young adulthood (AYA) may alter the development and psychological trajectory of survivors across their lifespan. The current review focuses broadly on ...

The UAB Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Fellowship program is an RRC approved training program for physicians who have completed specialty training in pediatrics, family medicine, or internal ...