Adolescent girls who consistently avoid looking at negative or critical social cues may be at a higher risk for developing ...

U.S. adolescents spend more than one hour per day on smartphones during school hours, with social media accounting for the largest share of use, according to research published Jan. 5, 2026, in JAMA.

Why it matters: Generative AI chatbots are a growing part of life for American teens. A survey by the Pew Research Center ...

Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrating that brain development is not as linear ...

Vive Adolescent Care in St. George, Utah, is a licensed psychiatric specialty hospital that treats adolescents who need short-term stabilization during a mental health crisis. The facility serves ...

Research on adults who take S.S.R.I.s shows they tamp down sexual desire. Why aren’t we studying what that could mean for adolescents who take them? Credit...Photo illustration by The New York Times ...

A longitudinal cohort study found that increasing or high trajectories of addictive use of social media and mobile phones in adolescents were significantly associated with worse mental health and an ...

Nigerian adolescents have called on the government and stakeholders to make mental and physical healthcare more accessible and youth-friendly, as the Federal Government reaffirmed its commitment to ...

Members of the tight-knit mountain town of Evergreen gathered Monday in support of students at Evergreen High School. The event, at Evergreen Lake, included therapy, animals, music and food to comfort ...