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fromPsychology Today
14 hours ago

Beyond Crisis Mode: Positive Youth Development Aids Teens

Youth mental health crisis is escalating, with nearly 1 in 5 adolescents experiencing major depression, prompting a shift towards positive youth development frameworks.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

The Powerful Impact of Peer Victimization on Teen Depression

Being a target of negative experiences by one's peers has consistently been related to decreased self-worth, poor engagement in school, and worse grades among children and adolescents. One of the most consistent of these consequences is depressive symptoms. Put simply, kids' mental health is strongly impacted by being picked on by their classmates at school. Our recently published study examined data from over 100,000 Brazilian adolescents to disentangle how pernicious the effect of being victimized was on reports of symptoms of depression.
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