Adolescent stress is increasingly present in consultations. During the 2026 Brain Congress, three clinicians shed light on this multifactorial phenomenon and proposed avenues for intervention, in particular that of plant-based medications.
Emergence of a new identity linked to puberty, issues of separation, individualization, autonomy… Adolescence corresponds to a period of profound physiological and psychological upheavals, destabilizing for young people and their families, recalled the psychiatrist and session chairman, David Cohen during a symposium devoted to stress in young people, a physiological phenomenon which remains primarily “a regulatory system extremely useful for survival”. However, high levels of stress can lead to disabling anxiety disorders.
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