#adolescents

#adolescents

Last year, I interviewed Marci Bowers, president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, for a piece I never ended up writing about youth gender transition.A trans woman, Bowers is a surgeon and a gynecologist who has both delivered thousands of babies and performed thousands of vaginoplasties; one of her patients was the trans reality star Jazz Jennings.

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to lower the recommended age for using its Quest headset to 10 years old from 13 years old, the company said in a blog post on Friday, a move that could set off new privacy and safety concerns with parents and global watchdogs.The company is discussing its plans with regulators, two people familiar with Meta's conversations said, and is trying to assuage immediate concerns over whether younger children using the headset could be subject to greater risk.

Puberty blockers will not routinely be offered to children treated at new regional gender identity clinics in England, the NHS has confirmed.New centres are expected to open later this year, in place of the London-based Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) clinic.It was announced last July that the capital's Gids clinic would be shutting down.

The American Psychological Association issued its first-ever guidance on social media use in adolescence last week, a roundup of 10 recommendations for educators, policymakers, tech companies and parents aimed at helping teens engage with the technology in a safe and positive way.The group said that adolescents should be monitored for problematic social media use and that it was important to minimize teens' exposure to cyberbullying, online hate and content that causes them to compare their physical appearance with the appearance of others.

New weight loss drugs such as Wegovy will not be a silver bullet in tackling obesity, the World Health Organisation has warned.Francesco Branca, WHO director of food and nutrition safety, said weight loss drugs must be used alongside a healthy diet and exercise.Ms Branca's comments come as the health body conducts its first review of obesity management guidelines in two decades.

WHO recommends primary doses and a first booster in healthy adults, children and adolescents with comorbidities.The World Health Organization (WHO) says it no longer recommends additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for regular, medium-risk adults, as the benefit is marginal.For people who have received their primary vaccination course and one booster dose, there is no risk in having further jabs, but the returns are slight, the WHO's vaccine experts said on Tuesday.

A devastating catalogue of failings in the Home Office's flawed and inefficient asylum system has been uncovered in a damning UN report.The eight-month audit of the UK's asylum system by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) picked apart the government's immigration policy to reveal a deeply dysfunctional department.

The portion of American hospital beds occupied by children with suicidal or self-harming behavior has soared over the course of a decade, a large study of admissions to acute care hospitals shows.An analysis of 4,767,840 pediatric hospitalizations by researchers at Dartmouth, published on Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA, found that between 2009 and 2019, mental health hospitalizations increased by 25.8 percent and cost $1.37 billion.

Kids are freeloaders.They live in your home rent-free.They eat your food without so much as leaving a tip.And they expect an allowance.The prospect of giving kids monetary handouts for doing the dishes or taking out the trash does little more than add insult to injury, but parents participate nonetheless.

Editor's Note: Sign up for CNN's Stress, But Less newsletter.Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it.For many parents, the Is it normal?game begins early on.I've sent question after question to family and friends, and of course, all worried parents ask our No. 1 frenemy, Google.

Early mornings may still feel dark and wintry, but the season is about to change.This weekend most of the U.S. will "spring forward" setting clocks forward one hour as daylight saving time begins.Maja Hitij/Getty Images As clocks march ahead and daylight saving time begins this weekend, you may be anxious about losing an hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change.

The drug could reroute the trajectory of a kid's life-or throw it off course.Somehow, America's desire for Ozempic is only growing.The drug's active ingredient, semaglutide, is sold as an obesity medication under the brand name Wegovy-and it has become so popular that its manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, recently limited shipments to the U.S. and paused advertising to prevent shortages.

Social media use by children and teenagers can pose a profound risk of harm to their mental health and wellbeing, the US surgeon general is warning.In a new advisory released on Tuesday, Dr Vivek Murthy calls on tech companies, policymakers and parents to take immediate action to protect kids now.He says that in the absence of robust independent research it is impossible to know whether social media is safe for children and adolescents.

The United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, issued a public advisory on Tuesday warning of the risks of social media use to young people.In a 19-page report, Dr. Murthy noted that although the effects of social media on adolescent mental health were not fully understood, and that social media can be beneficial to some users, there are ample indicators that social media can also have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is a type of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).The major aim of TF-CBT is to address the mental and emotional needs of adults, families, survivors, children, or adolescents for overcoming the effects of early trauma.TF-CBT is specially designed to address specific or unique problems related to mood disorders or post-traumatic stress disorder such as grief, violence, or abuse.

What is psychology?According to the records, psychology is the study of human behavior.However, many people have different interpretations of what psychology is.To me, it is an explanation for why a person is a certain way.I also believe that a person's psychology is never constant, we can observe changes in a person's psychology over a period of time.

House Republicans in Missouri on Wednesday passed two bills targeting the rights of transgender people in the state: a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth and broad legislation that would prohibit trans female athletes from competing in women's sports.Under SB 49, health providers in the state are no longer allowed to prescribe or administer hormone therapy or puberty-blocking drugs to any minors in the state unless that minor was receiving such care prior to Aug. 28, 2023.

During a state legislative committee meeting on Monday, one Arkansas Republican lawmaker shocked LGBTQ+ rights advocates and members of the public by asking a transgender woman whether she has a penis in front of the entire gallery.The state's Senate Judiciary Committee was meeting to vote on Arkansas S.B. 199, which would allow people to sue healthcare providers up to 30 years after receiving treatment if they can prove "injury."

The American Psychological Association is calling for teens to undergo training before they enter the sometimes fun but sometimes fraught world of social media, according to new recommendations released Tuesday.Social media is neither inherently harmful nor beneficial to our youth, said Dr. Thema Bryant, the APA's president.

Editor's Note: Michelle Icard is the author of several books on raising adolescents, including Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen.I've worked with middle schoolers, their parents and their schools for 20 years to help kids navigate the always awkward, often painful, sometimes hilarious in hindsight, years of early adolescence.

A coalition of 16 Democratic attorneys general criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his administration's request to public colleges in the state for information about students receiving gender-affirming care, saying it intimidates physicians and could have a chilling effect on students seeking the care.

Chimpanzee teens may not be so different from the ones living in our homes, a new study says.Except that your teen might be more impulsive.Researchers worked with 40 chimpanzees born in the wild while they were at a sanctuary in the Republic of Congo, playing games that tested the adolescent animals' orientation toward risk-taking and impulsivity, according to the study published January 23 in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General by the American Psychological Association.

In the hours before he's due at Upper Darby High School, senior Khalid Doulat has time to say prayers, help his mother or prepare for track practice.It's a welcome shift from last year for him and thousands of students at the school, which pushed its start time back by more than two hours from a 7:30 a.m.

When Los Gatos High School returned to in-person learning after a year online during the pandemic, senior Julie Chen wanted to create a community where students could connect with each other.Chen was already president of Cats to Cats, which connects students to mental health resources.She helped take her club's mission a step further with Los Gatos High School's wellness center, which opened in 2021.

MEXICO CITY - Health authorities in Mexico issued an alert Wednesday over an internet "challenge" in which groups of students at three schools in Mexico have taken tranquilizers vying to see who can stay awake longer.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.

Fatal overdoses involving fentanyl have surged in recent years in the US and new research shows that deaths among children have increased significantly, mirroring trends among adults.More than 5,000 children and teens have died from overdoses involving fentanyl in the past two decades, according to data published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

We all say things we regret from time to time, but there is no more crucial time for parents to mind their words than during a divorce.Not only can the things they say come back to haunt them in divorce court, but, more importantly, they can harm children and the other people around you.So if you're feeling frustrated, fed up or ready to explode, take a deep breath, count to ten and, above all, bite your tongue - because there are things you should never, ever say.

In October 2022, the FDA announced an Adderall shortage.While the exact extent of the shortage is unclear, it is having an impact across the nation.A large part of the reason for the deficit of this popular ADHD drug was a massive surge in prescriptions in the past three years - from 35.5 million to 45 million between 2019 and 2022.

Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome surged in recent years, but a newer approach to caring for newborn babies exposed to opioids during pregnancy gets them out of the hospital sooner and with less medication, according to a study published on Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine.Newborns in opioid withdrawal may experience upset stomach, inconsolable crying, seizures and extreme discomfort.

Mary and her teenage child Jasper (these are pseudonyms) clasp hands in a public park in Minneapolis, where they moved from Texas to ensure Jasper's safety amid anti-transgender bias
Minneapolis (AFP) - With bills targeting transgender youth multiplying at an alarming rate, Mary knew it was time to leave Texas - and fast.

Emergency department visits for firearm injuries in the United States dropped slightly since 2020, but the rate in 2022 was still above pre-pandemic levels.According to a new study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the weekly number of emergency department visits related to firearm injuries began to rise in March 2020 before sharply increasing in May 2020 and remaining high.

the science of sleep: why do we need it?BV Balboa The Tiffin Girls School (Image: priscilla du preez unsplash) To many, the hours spent at night cuddled up, asleep in our duvet are simply a way to recharge their batteries before facing the day ahead.Sleep is a daily routine, helping us to perform basic cognitive functions, from improving fine motor skills to better reaction time, without needing to put any effort into it.

Obesity is a major and growing problem around the world, but especially in the U.S., where more than 40% of adults and about 20% of children now meet the criteria for what doctors say has become an intractable chronic disease.Rates of the disease have soared in recent decades, spurred by the complex interaction of genes that make people more likely to store food as fat, a food system that provides easy and cheap access to processed treats explicitly designed to be overconsumed, and social settings that limit access to healthy options and exercise for many people.

Obesity is a major and growing problem around the world, but especially in the U.S., where more than 40% of adults and about 20% of children now meet the criteria for what doctors say has become an intractable chronic disease.Rates of the disease have soared in recent decades, spurred by the complex interaction of genes that make people more likely to store food as fat, a food system that provides easy and cheap access to processed treats explicitly designed to be overconsumed, and social settings that limit access to healthy options and exercise for many people.

Prescriptions for stimulants often used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder surged during the pandemic, especially among adults, a new study found.The finding comes as one common ADHD treatment, Adderall, has been in shortage for months, in part because of high demand.Diagnoses for ADHD have become more common in recent decades, and prescriptions for stimulant drugs that are most often used to treat the neurodevelopmental disorder have also been on the rise.

It's no secret that kids in the U.S. are struggling with mental health issues in increasing numbers.Now, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasizes the severity of the situation: Pediatric mental health hospitalizations are rising, and many more kids are being hospitalized for attempting suicide.

The NYPD launched a first-of-its-kind drone program in Brooklyn Tuesday night that aims to teach teenagers about tech while also providing them with a fun outlet.The initiative kicked-off on March 28 inside the NYPD community center at 127 Pennsylvania Ave. and was hosted by the police department's Youth Strategies Division.

The World Health Organization's vaccine experts have revised their global Covid-19 vaccination recommendations, and healthy kids and teenagers considered low priority may not need to get a shot.The updated roadmap is designed to prioritize Covid-19 vaccines for those at greatest risk of death and severe disease, according to the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE).

By Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc. was sued by the school board in the company's home county for allegedly addicting students to its social media platforms and contributing to a mental health crisis.The San Mateo County Board of Education added the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to a complaint it filed March 13 against other social media giants, including Google, TikTok and Snap.

The Apple Watch will soon be used by researchers to study toxicities relating to children's cancer therapies.Forming one of three new heart health studies announced by Apple, doctors at Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne will use the Apple Watch ECG app to test 40 children and adolescents with the hopes of better understanding how heart rhythms can be affected by treatment.

State-of-the-art technology here includes 3D oral scans, full 3D printing, at-home dental monitoring devices, and facial aesthetics (think Botox and fillers), perfect for young professionals and adolescents who want a better smile fast.If you notice crowding and misalignment in your smile, these only worsen as we age, says Dr. Todor Stavrev, who adds that "investing in your smile now will save the expense of unnecessary dental treatments in the future, plus boost your confidence and overall health."

Editor's Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (or 800-273-8255) to connect with a trained counselor or visit the NSPL site.Every generation has tales of bullying, but perhaps today's adults are not as familiar with what it means now for a kid to be bullied.

Editor's Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 to connect with a trained counselor or visit 988lifeline.org.Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voluntarily checked himself into a hospital on Thursday to receive treatment for clinical depression, according to a statement by Adam Jentleson, his chief of staff.

Editor's Note: This story is part of an occasional series covering disordered eating and diet culture.More than 1 in 5 kids and adolescents around the world show signs of disordered eating, according to a new study.The study highlights a serious public health issue that often goes underreported and underrecognized, according to the meta-analysis published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Editor's Note: Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.Dr. Ken Ginsburg is tired of swimming against the tide when it comes to public perceptions about teens.

Depression: Depression currently affects 3.3% of our population and around 20% of adolescents (16-25 year olds) show symptoms of depression.Due to depression, many people are unable to work full-time or need to take time off work, which, annually, means that our economy loses around 70-100 billion.Symptoms of Depression: Depression is organised into three categories: mild, moderate, and severe.

Officials broke ground Feb. 22 on a facility that will provide the first inpatient hospital beds for kids and teens in mental health crisis in Santa Clara County.The three-story Adolescent Psychiatric Facility and Behavioral Health Services Center linked to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (VMC) will provide inpatient hospital care as well as emergency and outpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents and adults.

TDs have raised concerns that child and adolescent mental health services have to "compete" for basic funding, in the wake of a "damning" report published by the Mental Health Commission.here have been calls for action since a report into Ireland's child mental health services found it to be disjointed, difficult to access and lacking in monitoring and follow-up care in some cases.

Despite California's unprecedented investment in child and family wellbeing, the gap between promising policies on paper and what they actually accomplish for young people and families has never felt so vast.My children, former foster youth living with complex medical needs, are considered high priority for behavioral health care and yet still have waiting times for services measured in months and on more than one occasion years.

When considering the interim report by Dr Hilary Cass on gender identity services for children and young people, your article overemphasises the long waiting list and underemphasises that it was a waiting list for the wrong treatment, as Cass makes clear (A contentious place': the inside story of Tavistock's NHS gender identity clinic, 19 January).