Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep at night for optimal health, according to sleep experts, yet more than 70 percent of high school...

Young people are often expected to attend university to improve their future economic status. In the UK, only 13 per cent of jobs...

New Northwestern University research analyzing the ways children's gender narratives reinforce or disrupt gender inequality found that...

In lectures and training on young people, I suggest that young people form peer groups which are determined by shared values. As a...

Shifts in values is vital for recovery in both mental health and addictions, especially for those who experience the most complex...

A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a...

Children who struggle with weak cognitive control at an early age are at most risk for trouble in adulthood following their engagement in...

Moral dilemmas are often critical feature of working with clients in everyday practice, especially when they become stuck in difficult...

If you're a parent who feels your college-age children would choose their friends over you, a new UCLA psychology study has a reassuring...

It has long been believed that only the minority of people could recover from schizophrenia. However, a Norwegian research team have...

In lectures on adolescent development I always draw peoples attention to the additional risk of drug and alcohol involvement faced by...

Binge drinking patterns are one of the hardest drinking habits to break, especially in young people and students.Researchers found the...

When educators and coaches make kids feel like they matter, it reduces delinquency and destructive behavior. A new study led by a...

Some brain networks become more densely connected during adolescence while others become less so, according to a new analysis published...

Special training for teachers may mean big results for students with autism spectrum disorder, according to Florida State University and...

The World Health Organisation has defined Gaming addiction as a disorder in the International Classification of Disorders (11 Edition). ...

A great deal of my work with young people draws n research that demonstrates that drug and alcohol use evolves through the interplay of...

Ever since positing a review of the research behind the Cathy Newman vs Jordan Peterson debate, I have noticed an increasing slew of...

In an earlier post (Is Cathy Newman just WEIRD?) I suggested that university life is psychological transformative in ways which have not...

A study led by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) revealed that young Americans had a sharply higher risk of suicide in...