Adolescence is a sensitive period for brain development and mental health, though the connection between the two is not fully ...

Adolescence is a sensitive period for brain development and mental health, though the connection between the two is not fully ...

Many mental health disorders start during adolescence, so it is important to understand how unusual brain development ...

A large ABCD Study analysis links social conditions such as pollution, school quality, unemployment, and discrimination to ...

Basic mechanismsWhen a junior high school-aged child suddenly becomes irritable, engages in reckless behavior, or cannot stop ...

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 ...

It’s been said that eyes are a window to the soul, but new research has found that an adolescent’s brain response to a face might open a window to their social future. A new study at the University of ...

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 ...

A study of children raised in Romanian institutions found that severe early psychosocial deprivation was associated with ...

Studies in adolescent animals suggest that some components of the developing serotonergic system respond to SSRI treatment in a similar fashion to the adult system. For example, chronic (over 22 days) ...

For decades, my colleagues and I advanced the premise that early substance use—nicotine, alcohol, or cannabis (or other addicting drugs)—interferes with critical maturation stages, particularly ...