adolescent

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“It’s really concerning,” adds Talib, the director of adolescent medicine and co-director of pediatrics at Atria Health Institute in New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

"There is a tendency for anxious parents to become caught up in a prevailing media panic and see all adolescent brains as simply hardwired for social media addiction," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A humiliating incident in a pool surrounded by her repulsed classmates echoes an iconic scene from “Carrie,” with Ducournau crafting an analogy for traumatic adolescent rites of passage like menstruation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"Cumulative trauma, cumulative adverse experiences and ongoing instability and unpredictability certainly put these children at higher risk... of developing psychiatric disorders and negative mental health outcomes," Evelyne Baroud, a child and adolescent psychiatrist told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

My childhood and adolescent life had been made up of times with him, as I later wanted my adult life to be made up of times with Blanca.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez