Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Across 5 decades, hundreds of randomized trials have tested psychological therapies for
youth internalizing (anxiety, depression) and externalizing (misconduct, attention deficit and …

Within the past decade, reliance on the juvenile justice system to meet the needs of juvenile
offenders with mental health concerns has increased. Due to this tendency, research has …

This article proposes an evolutionary model of risky behavior in adolescence and contrasts it
with the prevailing developmental psychopathology model. The evolutionary model …

The current paper synthesizes theory and data from the field of life history (LH) evolution to
advance a new developmental theory of variation in human LH strategies. The theory posits …

Importance Research across more than 4 decades has produced numerous empirically
tested evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for psychopathology in children and …

Youth in secure juvenile justice settings (eg, detention, incarceration) often have histories of
complex trauma: exposure to traumatic stressors including polyvictimization, life-threatening …

Background: An increasing number of children are placed in foster care (ie, a kin or nonkin
family home other than the biological parent) due to experiences of physical, sexual …

Several family‐based treatments of conduct disorder and delinquency in adolescents have
emerged as evidence‐based and, in recent years, have been transported to more than 800 …

Purpose This systematic review provides a comprehensive, updated assessment of
programs with evidence of effectiveness in reducing teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted …