Social media use in adolescence is linked to delayed bedtimes, negative self-image and, especially among teenage girls, greater distrust, a new UCL study shows.

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Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people.

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people.

This study utilized data from the ABCD study (release 5.1), an ongoing large-scale, multisite, longitudinal research study from the USA. Baseline data were collected from September 2017 to August 2018. The present study used neuroimaging data from the baseline time...

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health in young people.

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

The importance of children's earliest relationships in life cannot be underestimated. A wealth of research has established that later social, psychological, and even cognitive outcomes, for example in...

This cohort study examines how maternal warmth at 3 years of age shapes adolescent social safety schemas at 14 years of age and physical and mental health at 17 years of age.

Parental warmth and affection in early childhood can have life-long physical and mental health benefits for children, and new UCLA Health research points to an important underlying process: children's sense of social safety.

This cohort study examines how maternal warmth at 3 years of age shapes adolescent social safety schemas at 14 years of age and physical and mental health at 17 years of age.

This cohort study examines how maternal warmth at 3 years of age shapes adolescent social safety schemas at 14 years of age and physical and mental health at 17 years of age.

Objective To explore the developmental pathways linking infant psychomotor function with personality in late adolescence through cognitive, social, and self-regulation skills. The broader research q...

Increasing access to parks and gardens may not be enough to help teenagers in urban areas get a healthy amount of sleep.