Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. “We can’t understand it. 6th grade, our daughter was the same focused, positive, cooperative, and obedient child she’s always been; but 7th grade she’s totally changed, ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. When parents describe their daughter or son’s adolescent passage as an “emotional roller coaster,” they are often not talking about their teenager’s ups and downs, but ...

A recent study published in Psychological Science suggests that local shifts in the gap between the rich and the poor do not ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those experienced in adulthood. A study conducted on mice at the University of São ...

A: The current evidence is far from settled. The systematic review proved that a poor diet during the first years of life is ...

Findings reveal that the Mediterranean diet may reduce anxiety symptoms in adolescents, with maternal dietary habits also ...

Adolescence is a remarkable period of development and learning, a time when youths explore and adapt to changes in their social worlds and begin to form a sense of who they are and hope to be. It is a ...

In consideration of recent US substance use treatment policy changes and unprecedented levels of adolescent opioid-related deaths, we examined the most recent national data (2022–23 National Survey on ...

It’s widely accepted that cannabis use in adolescence, while the brain is still developing, can lead to adverse effects. Of course, studies on cannabis as a whole are still catching up, and there are ...

Adolescence is an age where proper guidance and sport can help children become better human beings. If parents understand children in this phase, they will also be able to take better decisions for ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those experienced in adulthood. A study conducted on mice at the University of São ...