A substantial proportion of adolescent mental health and behavioural difficulties can be predicted years before they arise, a new study indicates. The research, by academics at the University of ...

While lead exposure in children has been associated with cognitive and behavioral problems, few studies have examined later ...

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 ...

Most parents, particularly of a first or only child, or a second child if the first has been particularly "easy," are unprepared for that child's adolescence, if they think about the normal abrasive ...

Colder This project will study the role of internalizing problems (e.g., anxiety and depression) and social context (e.g. peers, parents) on the development of substance use in adolescents. Risk for ...

Adolescence and puberty are not the same. Adolescence is that 10- to 12-year period of social and psychological growth that transforms the dependent child (beginning in late elementary or early middle ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults and adolescents with BPD commonly exhibit psychotic symptoms, and genetic overlap exists; however, it is ...

Specific sleep problems among babies and very young children can be linked to mental disorders in adolescents, a new study has found. A team at the University of Birmingham's School of Psychology ...

Psychology research finds that moms with personality disorder symptoms impact their adolescent children who subsequently show a higher likelihood of insecure attachment which can impact their ...

Teenagers with conduct problems or whose friends used cannabis were more likely to use cannabis, which may predict cannabis use disorder in emerging adulthood, according to data published in Addiction ...