From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: In a study published in the very first issue of the new journal JAMA Psychiatry, researchers from Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, University of Montreal and King’s…
From the CAMH press release via EurekAlert!: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada (BBBSC) are releasing the first results of one of the largest mentoring studies ever…
From the Murdoch University press release via MedicalXpress: If you want your daughter to feel better about her body, a Murdoch University researcher says to shift the focus from appearance to function. Dr Bree Abbott…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to Penn State…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: According to the Nielsen consumer research group, teens receive an average of 3,417 text messages per month (that’s 114 texts per day!). Couple this with CDC’s…
From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release via EurekAlert!: Holiday presents will soon be under the tree for millions of adolescents. With those gifts may come sibling squabbles over violations of personal space, such as…
From the Brown University press release via EurekAlert!: Underage youth are regularly exposed to alcohol marketing. New research has examined associations between alcohol marketing and binge drinking by youth. Results indicate these associations are mediated…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: A study published in the December 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatryfound that adolescents who experienced food insecurity in the…
From the UCSD press release via EurekAlert!: Chronic alcohol and marijuana during youth is associated with worsened neurocognitive abilities into later adolescence and adulthood. A new study examines fiber tract integrity affected by adolescent alcohol…
From the University of New South Wales press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers from the University of New South Wales and Black Dog Institute in Sydney, Australia have used brain imaging technology to show that young…