Conduct disorder, particularly when accompanied by physical aggression, is a growing public health concern. Problems with aggressive behavior rarely emerge for the first time during...

In France, school is compulsory from ages 6 to 16; it is free and open to all children, including those in the overseas departments and territories. The curriculum is national, with no...

Struck by the "invisibility" of certain young people facing extreme hardship who fall through the cracks of the social support system, teacher Yves Sihrener founded an organization...

An interview with Matthieu Chalumeau, director of the Association for Information and Resources on Drugs, Addiction, and AIDS (AIRDDS) and the Regional Information Center on Drugs and...

As Mirentxu Bacquerie points out, "For Fil Santé Jeunes, the telephone bridges distances and allows young people to express themselves more freely than they might when speaking to a...

In the Alpes-Maritimes region, thirty-three young peer educators have been trained in the prevention of risky behavior as part of a European program. Particular emphasis was placed on...

In 2005, the Phare Enfants-Parents association launched a telephone helpline to assist parents dealing with their child’s emotional distress and to support families grieving a suicide....

Every four years, the HBSC survey is conducted among middle school students in forty-one countries, including France. The 2010 survey has just been published and confirms the growing...

In April 1994, the pediatric department at Senlis Hospital (Oise) alerted the regional health inspectorate (D.R.A.S.S. of Picardy) regarding two cases of chronic mercury poisoning....