adolescent

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Michael Laing, Durham County Council's corporate director for adult and health services, said an Adolescent Safeguarding and Exploitation team had been set up since Alfie's death, with support available for young people who needed it.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Adolescent brains are still developing into the early 20s, said psychologist Amy Orben, who leads a digital mental health programme at the University of Cambridge.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

Adolescent mothers are also far less likely than their peers to finish high school, more likely to experience mental health problems and poverty, and more likely to live in socially and economically disadvantaged communities.

From Slate • May 29, 2025

The researchers used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, a large-scale project conducted by the National Institutes of Health that follows 11,000 youth and their parents across 21 sites in the U.S.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

“What? God, no. He’s this idiot in my Adolescent Issues class who spends the whole time putting things in his nose. I don’t have a boyfriend. I don’t need a man to be complete.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray