A panicked mom called begging for an urgent psychiatric evaluation for her 19-year-old daughter. Would this be a true mental health crisis or, like so many others, just a bumpy course through the ...

Emerging adulthood is the stage between being a teenager and fully stepping into adult life, and it’s become more recognised in recent years. It’s that in-between space where people are technically ...

The division of life into a series of ages or stages can be found in philosophy as far back as Aristotle and in the arts dating to Shakespeare's As You Like It. In the monologue known as "All the ...

A new study may hold a secret for getting your teenager to listen to appreciate your unsolicited advice. The study, which included "emerging adults"—those in their late teens and early 20s—found that ...

Many teenagers enter adulthood with significant risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and the transition from adolescence to adulthood is a key time to address these risk factors and reduce the ...

Newswise — Becoming an adult can be a delicate balance for an Ovambo person, the largest ethnic group in Namibia. Many young adults are raised to prioritize and help out their family and community.

As a professor of child development and family science, every year I witness college students heading home for the holidays after a few months of relative independence. Anecdotally, most students ...