Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Today's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth come out at younger ages,
and public support for LGBT issues has dramatically increased, so why do LGBT youth …

Despite increased research on bullying over the past few decades, researchers still have
little understanding of how bullying differentially affects racial and ethnic minority and …

Exposure to minority stress is the primary mechanism through which lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth experience a greater risk for suicide …

The experience of minority stress is often named as a cause for mental health disparities
among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth, including higher levels of depression and …

Abstract The United States is currently experiencing an opioid epidemic, with deaths due to
opioid overdoses persisting in many communities. This epidemic is the latest wave in a …

The magnitude of gender identity-related disparities in school-based outcomes is unknown
because of a lack of representative studies that include measures of gender identity. By …

Youth living with socially devalued characteristics (eg, minority sexual orientation, race,
and/or ethnicity; disability; obesity) experience frequent bullying. This stigma-based bullying …

Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) adolescents
face well-documented health disparities in suicide risk, substance use, and sexual health …

Looking in Classrooms uses educational, psychological, and social science theories and
classroom-based research to teach future classroom teachers about the complexities and …