Too much screen time in late childhood is associated with developmental changes in the brain, leading to more depressive ...

You want your child to unwind. You want to avoid a meltdown. But you also want them to get the sleep they need.

Discover a study that links childhood screen time to adolescent depression through poor sleep and changes in brain structure.

The onset of PTSD in adolescence, a pivotal phase of human development, has a particularly damaging impact, since it may impair the acquisition of life skills needed for independence and self ...

A recent study by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has found that children born in October, November ...

Sleep issues in children were associated with behavioral and emotional problems in late childhood and early adolescence. The findings highlight the importance of identifying sleep issues in children.

Take heart in this impression. A century ago, when adolescent psychology first emerged as a field of study, that was exactly ...

Cooper R, Di Biase MA, Bei B, Quach J, Cropley V. Associations of changes in sleep and emotional and behavioral problems from late childhood to early adolescence. JAMA Psychiatry.

Adolescents in the U.K. who lived in areas with higher levels of air pollution during childhood were at greater risk of reporting worse health in late adolescence than their peers living in less ...

Slavich and colleagues examined data on 10,000 young people drawn from the U.K.’s Millennium Cohort Study, which surveyed its patients for 20 years from late childhood to late adolescence.

“Eating a healthy diet in late childhood and early adolescence is associated with girls having a later first period compared to those consuming a less healthy diet.