Two posters being presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2021 highlighted the need to provide long-term psychosocial support for adolescents who survive childhood leukemia.

Targeted intervention is effective in improving psychosocial stress experienced by many adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer, according to a study released ahead of the 2017 ...

Abbreviations: AeYA, adolescent and early young adult; NA, not applicable; SMN, second malignant neoplasm. Comparing AeYA survivors with non-AeYA survivors. Comparing AeYA survivors with siblings.

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This study was prompted by several years of informal observations of psychosocial difficulties faced by ...

Our lab conducts research on risk and protective factors for psychosocial adjustment in adolescence and young adulthood. We conduct longitudinal studies where we follow youth and their parents over ...

A new study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology provides evidence that different types of adversity in childhood may shape a young person’s mental and behavioral development in ...

The results from available research suggest that web-based care plans may be an effective method of providing information for AYAs. 11,12 The current study attempts to synthesize and extend existing ...

As challenging as coping with significant life change can be, as I’ve written previously, change is really the only constant during this one precious life we have. Indeed, life itself is an ongoing ...

The Certificate in Child and Family Mental Health and Well-Being provides students and professionals with a foundation for understanding and working with children, adolescents, and families from a ...

Erik Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory (1950, 1968) was a response to Freud's reductionistic views of the human personality. For Erikson, all people have an essence, including the sexuality ...