Most mental disorders have a typical onset between 12 and 25 years of age, highlighting the
importance of this period for the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of mental ill-health …

Addiction, the most severe form of substance use disorder, is a chronic brain disorder
molded by strong biosocial factors that has devastating consequences to individuals and to …

Social media companies commonly design their platforms in a way that renders them
addictive. Some governments have declared internet addiction a major public health …

The problem of online game addiction demands public attention. Currently, many studies
tend to be focused on efforts to reduce the level of addiction. However, there are very limited …

Purpose This review characterizes empirically derived patterns of multiple (multi-) substance
use among adolescents. A secondary objective was to examine the extent to which mental …

Individual characteristics, family-and school-related variables, and environmental variables
have equal importance in understanding Internet addiction. Most previous studies on …

Initiating drug use during adolescence increases the risk of developing addiction or other
psychopathologies later in life, with long-term outcomes varying according to sex and exact …

Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the association and
directionality between mental health disorders and substance use among adolescents and …

Potential addiction to social media is one of the problems that some people, especially
adolescents, are facing. For this reason, many studies have been conducted in this field in …

Mesocorticolimbic dopamine circuity undergoes a protracted maturation during adolescent
life. Stable adult levels of behavioral functioning in reward, motivational, and cognitive …