by Brooke Killmon, Pennsylvania State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Regardless of age, symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescent females showed little to no variation prior to their first menstruation, indicating an early screening window prior to puberty, according to a study led by a team of Penn State researchers. They also found that...
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Adolescent girls at risk for self-injury can be identified using a short psychological profile
ELSEVIER Washington, DC, September 9, 2020 – A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports on three key factors found amongst adolescents that could be used to predict the first occurrence of nonsuicidal self-harm, over a 3 year period. Factors included low conscientiousness, high avoidance and parent’s substance...
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Is your adolescent getting enough sleep? 3 things every parent should know
by Whitelaw Reid, University of Virginia University of Virginia professors Joanna Lee Williams and Richard J. Bonnie believe that adolescence is a period of “extraordinary” opportunity for learning and exploration, and for laying a strong foundation for a successful life. Williams and Bonnie are part of an interdisciplinary committee of experts from around the country...
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Case study: Bartonella and sudden-onset adolescent schizophrenia
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY In a new case study, researchers at North Carolina State University describe an adolescent human patient diagnosed with rapid onset schizophrenia who was found instead to have a Bartonella henselae infection. This study adds to the growing body of evidence that Bartonellainfection can mimic a host of chronic illnesses, including mental illness, and could open up new avenues of research into bacterial or...