Since 2005, "youth consumer counseling services" have been established throughout France, primarily to help users of cannabis and other psychoactive substances reduce or stop their...

Interview with Jean-Pierre Couteron, a clinical psychologist at a "youth counseling center" at the Center for Addiction Treatment, Support, and Prevention in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines)...

Despite the widespread use of medical contraception (the pill and IUDs), the rate of abortion has remained stable since 1975. This should not lead us to conclude that contraception has...

As part of the mission entrusted to it by the World Health Organization (WHO), the French Union for Oral Health (UFSBD) requested that the Île-de-France region launch a pilot program...

Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe acute diarrhea in children. The objective of this study is to determine, for the first time in France, the mortality, morbidity, and costs...

In the Languedoc-Roussillon region, a study was conducted among young mothers under the age of 21. The study examines the impact of early motherhood on educational and employment...

The film *17 Girls* is loosely based on a true story that took place in the United States. Driven by a collective fascination with a determined teenager, seventeen high school girls...

The first twelve years of life are the period during which children’s and future adults’ oral health is established. While the situation has generally improved for the population as a...

Contrary to popular belief, today’s teenagers do not, on average, become sexually active earlier than their parents’ generation. Furthermore, the hypersexualization of young...