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Coronaprofile: Quaran-teens? How are young people coping with the pandemic?
June 23, 2020"[Young people] need to have their own role in this brave new world and feel that they can contribute to the larger goals of society," says neuroscientist Dr. Eveline Crone, in this interview about her ongoing research about the effects of coronavirus lockdowns on the developing adolescent brain.
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January 17, 2023: New Guides Help Organizations Build Effective Youth Engagement Programs
August 16, 2021: New Report Examines Intersection of Anti-Black Racism on Youth Development
November 30, 2020: Center for the Developing Adolescent Announces New Advisory Board Members
October 1, 2020: Center for the Developing Adolescent Announces New Leadership
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Why Adolescents Need Regular Sleep—and Plenty of It
October 2, 2019Sleep is a major health issue for adolescents, affecting adolescent mood, immunity, and even weight. Science News for Students talked to our Advisory Board member Andrew Fuligni, UCLA, about how getting enough sleep throughout the week is essential to mental health and academic success.
New Study: How Smartphones Could Help Predict Suicide Risk Among Adolescents
August 30, 2019What if there were a way that digital technology could help adolescents in the face of mental health crises? Center advisor Dr. Nick Allen, University of Oregon, one of the co-investigators in the MAPS (Mobile Assessment for the Prevention of Suicide) study, talked to Science magazine about how digital tech could help predict and prevent suicide.
How Smartphone Data Could Help Predict and Prevent Suicide in Adolescents
March 1, 2019Could a cell phone save a life? Around the O talked to Dr. Nick Allen, Center board member and director of the Center for Digital Mental Health at the University of Oregon, about his efforts to develop a mobile app that could predict and thus prevent suicide by tracking the activities and moods of adolescents.
Using Phone Apps to Detect Mental Illness in Adolescents
January 3, 2019Center board member Dr. Nick Allen talked to reporter Lindsey Tanner of the Associated Press about how smartphone apps may soon be able to detect adolescent depression to get real-time help to those who need it.