It’s a highly anticipated rite of passage for many high schoolers — finally getting to drive your friends around. But having teens who carpool with
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Polysubstance use in young adults — are there predictable patterns?
In a Lancet Psychiatry commentary, Drs. Morgan M. Philbin and Pia M. Mauro, assistant professors at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, offer their
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Trauma begets trauma: Bullying associated with increased suicide attempts among 12-to-15-year-olds: International study finds bullying victimization is associated with suicide attempts across 48 countries
A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that bullying victimization may increase
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Ageism reduced by education, intergenerational contact
Researchers at Cornell University have shown for the first time that it is possible to reduce ageist attitudes, prejudices and stereotypes through education and intergenerational
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Language-savvy parents improve their children’s reading development, study shows: The researchers found that adults with higher reading-related knowledge are likelier to provide positive feedback, which helps the learning process
Some languages — like English — are tricky to pick up easily. Young children learning to read and write English often need to identify patterns
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The death of a close friend hits harder than we think
The trauma caused by the death of a close friend endures four times longer than previously believed, according to new research from The Australian National
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Empathy often avoided because of mental effort: People don’t want to feel empathy unless they think they are good at it, study finds
Even when feeling empathy for others isn’t financially costly or emotionally draining, people will still avoid it because they think empathy requires too much mental
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Proton therapy shows efficacy, low toxicity in large cohort of children with high-risk neuroblastoma: Study supports expanded use of proton therapy to minimize radiation exposure to healthy, developing organs
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania analyzed the largest cohort to date of
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Childhood methylphenidate treatment predicts antidepressant use during adolescence
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses among children and adolescents worldwide. The standard of care for ADHD typically
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Newly discovered role for climbing fibers: Conveying a sensory snapshot to the cerebellum
As we go about our daily lives, we are constantly bombarded by a steady stream of sensory information. Take a typical morning routine for example-
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