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Reducing Stigma in Adolescent Mental Health

In the Caribbean, large percentages of adolescents experience significant mental health challenges. Of those affected, it is postulated...

Why Invest in Adolescent Health?

Adolescence is a time of dramatic physical and psychosocial change through which children transition into adults. It this during this...

Late Adolescence

Late adolescence (approximately age 17 to 21 years) is the last phase of adolescent struggle for autonomy and should end with clear...

Middle Adolescence

Middle adolescence occurs during the ages of 15-17 years when puberty is completed and the intense struggles for independence and freedom...

Early Adolescence

Early adolescence is heralded by the abrupt and rapid changes in growth and development due to puberty. Although this classically is...

Understanding the Impact of Childhood Trauma on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

Sheila Campbell-Forrester MBBS,DPH; Jennifer Stuart-Dixon DPsych Sheila Samiel MPH,Dip.Ed, BA. Introduction: Childhood is often portrayed...

Parenting Through My Daughters’ Eyes

Parenting adolescents, I have learnt, begins from birth. My two beautiful and radiant daughters have been ‘schooling’ me about how to...

Parenting The Adolescent

Adolescents need to be heard and truly seen. They must be heard if we are to protect them and have a positive impact on their future. ...