Adolescent and Family Issues
Every family is going to have problems with their teenagers at one time or another. Most times your kids are just being kids. But sometimes, when the issues …
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Talking to Your Adolescent or Teen About Problems
Although communicating with your adolescent or teen can be challenging, it is important to continually make the effort. This is especially important when your …
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Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
The Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine clinic operates under the auspices of the University of Maryland Children's Hospital. The Division of Adolescent and …
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Child & Adolescent Disorders
Children are not just small versions of adults. Even adolescents are very different from adults. If we try to understand their problems from an adult …
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Problems Of Adolescents A Vicious Cycle
ADOLESCENCE is a challenging crossroad between childhood and the adult world. It is that opportune time in an individual’s life when he or she learns to make …
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Adolescent Issues
Adolescence can be a difficult time with pressures to do well in school, fit in with peers, get along with family members and make some big decisions about the …
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How Adolescent Thinking Develops
Adolescents typically think in concrete ways. This means that they have difficulty with abstract and symbolic concepts. Their thinking tends to be focused on …
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Abstract Ideas & Thinking in Adolescent Development Stages
As a young person’s body develops during the adolescent years, so does his brain. The forebrain, which is the most advanced part of the brain, is responsible …
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The adolescent mind
As their brains approach maturity, teens are poised for tremendous cognitive development. Experts speculate that as the myelinization of neural connections …
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Adolescent Growth and Development
Adolescence is a time of many transitions for both teens and their families. To ensure that teens and adults navigate these transitions successfully, it is …
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General Characteristics of the Adolescent
We now turn to an examination of some general characteristics of the period of adolescence, again referring to needs in the three areas of social, …
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Characteristics of Adolescent Thinking
There are four important characteristics that distinguish adolescent thinking from more mature thinking: adolescent egocentrism (intense preoccupation with …
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Your teenager’s developing brain
Children’s brains have a massive growth spurt when they’re very young. By the time they’re six, their brains are already about 90-95% of adult size. But …
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Adolescent Brains Biologically Wired to Engage in Risky Behavior
Previous studies have found that teenagers tend to be more sensitive to rewards than either children or adults. Now, Russell Poldrack and fellow researchers …
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Adolescent Brain Coping Changes
It is important that pre-teens, their parents and teachers understand three factors that are responsible for many brain function and behaviour difficulties …
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Learning and the Adolescent Mind
The adolescent brain is extra sensitive to reward signals when pay-off for risk is higher than expected. The chemistry of the adolescent brain might explain …
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What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?
"What was he thinking?" It's the familiar cry of bewildered parents trying to understand why their teenagers act the way they do. How does the boy who can …
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Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Our Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologists are actively involved in professional training and education, the provision of clinical services, programmatic …
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How to Understand Adolescent Psychology
If you’re the parent of an adolescent, you know how turbulent this stage of development can be. Beginning at about the age of 13, both boys and girls go …
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Child and Adolescent Psychology
Children and adolescents are known to experience a wide range of psychological and educational difficulties. The aim of this specialisation is to acquire …
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Adolescent Psychology
When teaching high school students, it is necessary to remember the various aspects of adolescent psychology that decades of research have shown to be true. …
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Teenage Depression Often Gets Overlooked
Understanding teenage depression is crucial to prevent school drop outs and suicidal attempts among teens. Childhood depression occurs even during infancy …
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Teens and Their Dads
Does the thought of getting involved in your teen’s life scare you? As a dad, do you think that maybe you should just back off and let your teen child have …
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Depression in Children and Adolescents
Childhood and adolescent depression increased dramatically in the past forty to fifty years. The average age of onset has fallen. During childhood the number …
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Teenage Problems
Every parent dreams of having a "perfect" child. One who is smart, attractive, talented, obedient, polite, and healthy in mind and body. Many spend money on …
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