How can parents distinguish between typical teenage behavior and signs of more serious mental health issues? Jessica Holzbauer, LCSW, shares her insights on recognizing normal developmental changes, ...

Teens who are lonely and those who experience conflict in their home life are more likely to act aggressively toward peers or ...

A study assessing adolescents' self-reported sleep behavior and social factors unearthed a relationship between individual popularity and their sleep patterns. Adolescent sleep behavior can be better ...

EASTON, Pa. - St. Luke’s opened a new adolescent behavioral unit on Tuesday. St. Luke’s University Health Network says they opened its new Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit to provide safe, expert and ...

Assessment of risky sexual behavior is somewhat challenging, particularly when adolescents are involved. Measurement of behavior usually relies on verbal reports, which can suffer from a number of ...

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In our last Forensic View, we saw that adolescent cognition can be very different from that of adults. Part of this derives from developmental differences in the prefrontal cortex, but there are also ...

At Riverview Behavioral Health, we offer high-quality inpatient care for adolescents ages 12-17 of all genders. Our inpatient treatment center is a safe place for adolescents who are struggling with ...

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 ...

To understand some of the difficulties inherent in promoting safer sexual practices (or even abstinence) among adolescents, it is helpful to become familiar with cognitive and interpersonal factors ...