#Adolescents

The misinformation about #trans youth and #mentalhealth in this piece from @TheEconomist is astounding. Thread (1/9) They cite that most adolescents who start pubertal suppression (PS) go on to take
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"Overcoming the flesh: the transgender movement wants to legally abolish physical sex. Risks and side effects are kept silent" | Big-hit 1400-word report in Germany's influential centre-right newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine
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Ancestral memory and how a site becomes holy, a thread. Blagaj is one of the holy sites of Bosnian Islam. Despite the opposition from adherents of Arab Islam every year
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1/14 Given the @IHSA_IL is deciding soon on the fate of athletics this fall, it is a good time for a thread on the reasons they should be allowed. I'll
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Just finished watching @SocialDilemma_ documentary on Netflix on social media and what it is doing to us. Some thoughts:1. Loved this quote by @tristanharris that went something like "How can
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Thread! @wellcometrust @mirandarwolpert funded us to review the evidence for better access to green spaces as an Active Ingredient for preventing anxiety and depression in young people (aged 14-24 years).
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I’m going to explain how anitwt teens believing fiction is real is becoming a phenomenon.Emotional investment in fictional media (parasocial interaction) is having an effect on impressionable reality status (*in
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1/@fordnation @celliottability @Sflecce Why does Ontario have (by far) the strictest masking policy for school children in Canada? The majority of provinces allow masks to be removed while seated at
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New pub alert: our qualitative paper identifying perceived barriers & facilitators to a healthy lifestyle & weight loss among a diverse group of teens with overweight & #obesity has been
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It’s time for a Twitter #creatine update. The recent @TheIOPN @laurent_bannock podcast with @ScottForbes14 provides a great outline. Let’s try a link-based and visual podcast notes.https://www.wedoscience.com/creatine-myths-and-common-q
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WHAT DO ANTIDEPRESSANTS DO 1."#SSRIs change the genitals of 100% of the people who take them... within an hour of the first tablet. In most cases, this means numbing, but
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1/ I've been seeing a lot of discussion about studies that show transmission of COVID-19 does not occur as often from children to adults. This is being used to support
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Q: what can we do to mitigate or prevent loneliness?Adolescents and older people are particularly at risk.COVID-19 has amplified #Loneliness as a threat to public health.what have we been doing
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3720667 Some (mostly Ds) seek to increase the # of voters by lowering the voting age to 16. It would work, and it would make them lifelong voters, but it's
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Je tombe aujourd'hui de trĂšs haut en dĂ©couvrant ceci concernant @Experimentboy.PassĂ© les victimes directes, les prochains jours vont ĂȘtre CATASTROPHIQUES pour des millions de LGBT dans le monde francophone.https://www.numerama.com/p
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Every child has a right to highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and to an adequate standard of living for physical, mental and social development. #WorldChildrensDay #childrensrights #alcoholfreechildhood
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