Researchers found that adolescents who reported recently experiencing bullying had a three times higher suicide attempt risk, compared with those who weren't bullied. The findings - in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - are based on survey data of more than 134,000 youths ages 12 to 15 from 48…

Gender minority college students had a more than fourfold higher likelihood of developing at least one mental health problem, compared with cisgendered peers, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The findings also showed increased odds of nonsuicidal self-harm and suicide ideation among gender minority youths.

Even well-intended comments about weight and dieting can actually harm children. Here's advice for how to set kids up for a healthy life and a positive self-image.

Playtime, downtime and family time are so essential to a child's healthy development. But with competing demands from school, extracurricular activities and anxiety, getting downtime might be hard to come by.

Letar du efter vetenskapligt stöd för fysisk aktivitet och sambandet med barn och ungdomars hjärnhälsa? Här har du det! Sammanställt av Arne Kastenbom, förstelärare på Rönnowska skolan.

Teachers can help students change their behavior by teaching them to manage their emotions, according to educational psychologist Lori Jackson and special educator Steve Peck. In this blog post, they suggest teachers start the process by allowing students to share their emotions anonymously and by sharing details about their own emotions.

I Uppsala pågår just nu ett unikt forskningsbaserat program med målet att stärka tryggheten, arbetsron och rutinerna på skolorna. Metoden ska leda till mindre stress hos lärare, ökad trygghet hos elever och förbättrade skolprestationer.

Ett hälsofrämjande tvåårigt skolprojekt med ungdomar i Göteborgsförorten Angered gav, trots en lovande inledning, inga bestående resultat vad gäller de ungas fysiska aktivitet. Det visar en avhandling vid Göteborgs universitet.

Anxiety is running rampant in high schools around the country, both rich and poor. The driving factors may be different, but it’s the same lonely, debilitating feeling. It makes it hard for students to learn and to deal with life. Katrina Schwartz takes us inside the experience of anxiety from two teens’ perspectives and shares…

Online gaming and other digital activities cause problems in people's health, relationships and studies. Government centers treat teen boys and girls who struggle to cut down on use of tech devices.

Unga tjejer med självskadebeteende upplever i en simulering av sociala medier att de får mer negativ feedback än de faktiskt får. De tar också ogilla-markeringar hårdare. Det visar Irene Perini, forskare vid CSAN, i en nyligen publicerad artikel.

Björn Tingberg, lektor på det på nationella kunskapscentrumet Barnafrid, är en av författarna till den nyligen utgivna boken ”Barn, unga och trauma”. Synen på barn och trauma har förändrats: idag vet vi att även barn drabbas av posttraumatiskt stressyndrom. Problemet är bristande kunskap om hur vi upptäcker det.