A report released by Sapien Labs indicates that smartphone use could be responsible for an ongoing decline in the mental health of young adults in the 18-24 age range. The report notes that before the internet, by the time someone turned 18, they would have spent “15,000 to 25,000 hours...
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) has found that socially isolated children are more likely to experience ADHD symptoms and loneliness as young adults despite other risk factors in childhood. The study, published in JCPP Advances, investigated...
Expertise based on experience matters. Young people who experience mental health challenges and treatment can provide unique insights that others do not have. Through roles such as youth advisors and peer researchers, they can put that knowledge to use. They are best placed to make a participant...
As health professionals dedicated to the care of children and adolescents, The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children’s Hospital Association call for seven actions to address the “soaring rates of mental health challenges among children,...
The roughly two years since the beginning of the pandemic have seen a significant increase in teenage girls visiting emergency rooms due to mental health conditions, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The study found that the proportion of emergency...
Stress-related thoughts and physiological responses in adolescents can be reduced using a single 30-minute online training session. The findings suggest a short, low-cost treatment for adolescent stress that could be scaled nationally. SOURCE: By David S. Yeager, July 7, 2022 Nature Magazine ...
A UK-based research project, the largest of its kind on the subject, has suggested mindfulness training in schools might be a dead end—at least as a universal, one-size-fits-all approach. The study, which involved 28,000 children, 650 teachers and 100 schools, looked at the impact of mindfulness...
… [K]ids who played only individual sports, like tennis or gymnastics, tended to face more mental health difficulties, such as anxiety and depression or troubles with concentration, than peers who played no sports at all. Youngsters who participated exclusively in team sports, on the other hand,...
According to the new data, in 2021, more than a third (37%) of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44% reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. … [D]uring the pandemic: • More than half (55%)...
In September 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a new set of online tools to help teens, kids, and parents deal with the mental and emotional impacts of COVID-19. Videos and comic strip-style illustrated stories—in both English and Spanish—guide kids...