Adolescent idiopathic premature ovarian failure (POF) is extremely rare. In such conditions, there a defect in the process of folliculogenesis axis leading to hypoestrogenic state and infertility. This disorder significantly impacts woman's prospective health, fertility, motherhood. A case 24-year-old female diagnosed with adolescent under hormone replacement therapy who visited us for fertilit...

a r t i c l e i n f o We investigated an intervention designed to help female aggressive victims improve their levels of psychological and school adjustment. Adolescent aggressive victims are youth who demonstrate heightened levels of aggressive behavior and are frequently victimized by others. A program focused on the psychology of forgiveness was implemented and tested against both an alterna...

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has improved prognosis for people living with HIV (PLWH) and dramatically reduced the incidence of AIDS. However, even when viral load is controlled, PLWH develop psychiatric and neurological disorders more frequently than those living without HIV. Adolescents with HIV are particularly susceptible to the development of psychiatric illnesses and neuro...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to determine whether biomechanical and neuromuscular risk factors related to abnormal movement patterns increased in females, but not males, during the adolescent growth spurt. METHODS A total of 315 subjects participated in two testing sessions approximately 1 yr apart. Male and female subjects were classified on the basis of their maturation status as...

This paper utilizes existing statistics on adolescent suicide to examine adolescent suicide trends and patterns in Hong Kong for the period 1980 to 2003. Several trends and patterns could be revealed from the analyses. First, there was a gradual rising trend where adolescent suicide rates in the 1990s and the early 2000s were higher than those in the 1980s. Second, suicide rates for adolescents...

OBJECTIVE Gender differences in the neurodevelopmental disorder, schizophrenia, have been described for nearly all features of the illness. Reduced hippocampal expression of the GABAergic interneuron marker, parvalbumin (PV), and GABA synthesizing enzyme, GAD67, are consistently reported in schizophrenia. However, little is known of the expression patterns of hippocampal PV and GAD67 during ado...

The primary aim of this paper was to examine associations between supportive-responsive maternal/paternal–adolescent relationships and adolescents' coping strategies and whether associations vary across adolescent gender. It was hypothesized that supportive-responsive parent–adolescent relationships (indicated by high support and knowledge and low psychological control) would predict higher lev...

The current study aimed to verify the effectiveness of a counseling program based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in ‎improving self-compassion among Palestinian female adolescents without parental care. sample consisted 18 ‎adolescent girls aged 13-14, who obtained lowest scores scale. They were divided randomly into two ‎groups, an experimental control group, each which included 9 ...

Alcohol is a serious public health concern that has a differential impact on individuals depending upon age and sex. Patterns of alcohol consumption have recently changed: heavy episodic drinking-known as binge-drinking-has become most popular among the youth. Herein, we aimed to investigate the consequences of intermittent adolescent alcohol consumption in male and female animals. Thus, Wistar...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries increases during maturation and peaks during late adolescence. Previous studies suggested an age-related association between participation in injury prevention programs and reduction of ACL injury. However, few studies have investigated differences in biomechanical changes after injury prevention programs between preadolesce...