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Teenagers

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Mental Health
Some video games may help mental health of children, teens
Published Sept 26, 2024
Can gamified interventions help fight the youth mental health crisis? A new report from Johns Hopkins researchers says yes
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Q+A
Why some schools are banning cell phones
Published Sept 23, 2024
Hopkins experts explain the research and weigh in on the controversial policies
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Mental health
A pandemic test of teenage resilience
Published March 30, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided some eye-opening lessons on how to improve teen wellbeing and there are reasons to be hopeful for the future, Johns Hopkins experts say