Excessive screen exposure in adolescence linked to suicide attempts and memory decline in adulthood, new study finds ...

Commission co-chair, Professor Sarah Baird, George Washington University (U.S.) says, "The health and well-being of adolescents worldwide is at a tipping point, with mixed progress observed over the ...

This month, we feature videos of a Greater Good presentation by Daniel Siegel about his new book, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain. In this excerpt from his talk, Dr. Siegel ...

Per occasion, alcohol use is higher among adolescents than adults in both humans and laboratory animals, suggesting that maturational changes in the adolescent brain contribute to the elevation in ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. "You mean we get all this responsibility without any directions?" This blog post comes out of a talk with parents of teenagers during which a lot of questions dealt with ...

The question was: “Why is it harder for me and my teenager to get along now that he is no longer a child?” My answer is, “because now basic compromises in the relationship become more difficult to ...

Adolescence is a time of marked improvements in cognitive abilities, such as abstract reasoning, problem solving and creative thought. More generally, it is also an important developmental period for ...