Many mood and psychological disorders develop during adolescence; however, the relationship between adolescent stress-related neurogenesis and psychiatric illnesses during this period remains unclear.

Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health will become an affiliate of Goodwill Industries. The nonprofit said the move will ...

NYU Langone’s Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers Dialectal Behavior Therapy- Adolescent (DBT-A) Program ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study found that adolescents who frequently snore are more likely to have behavioral issues like inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression. Cognitive abilities, including memory and language ...

Children's behavior as early as age 3 can predict whether they will use alcohol and illicit drugs in adolescence, according to a study published in the July/August issue of the journal Child ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As school districts prepare for the beginning of a new year, some are discussing when the first bell should ring. The Fayetteville-Manlius School District created a committee to ...

One of the most important things to remember regarding adolescent sexual behavior is that it is not inherently negative, but rather a natural reflection of adolescents' physical and social development ...