A new study has found that adolescence can continue until the age of 32, as humans hit four major “turning points” in brain development at the ages of about nine, 32, 66 and 83. Published on Tuesday ...

The global burden of child and youth deaths remains high, despite dramatic reductions in under-5s deaths, and there are stark inequalities across the globe in the availability of health services to ...

Children experiencing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder face symptoms that can persist, emerge, or fade away ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Adolescence—beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20s—is a ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announces the release of Child & Adolescent Studies Source, a comprehensive full-text database covering the latest research in child and adolescent growth and ...

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 ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...

Adolescence is a remarkable period of development and learning, a time when youths explore and adapt to changes in their social worlds and begin to form a sense of who they are and hope to be. It is a ...

Suggested Citation: "5 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth. Washington, DC: The National ...