Introduction Adolescence is a unique period with a significant but short period of emotional change, social change and physical change. It is a period where teens' emotions and self awareness will be heightened like increased sensitivity, mood swings or worriness of how people perceive them. It is important to understand how brain development works so people can understand the teens going through the period and not just mark them as immature. We should know how the brain wor

Humans are built for connection. Humans bargain on social connection not just for social development but for healthy brain development and better physical well being. Now even with it being a fact that we humans need to rely and need social connection for a lot, reports on loneliness are high . For example reports on loneliness have risen since the 2000s and have heightened even more since covid-19. Before covid 20-23 percent of adults reported being lonely and now it seems t

Kamrul Hassan ᵃ Fyruz Education Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Corresponding author: Kamrul Hassan ABSTRACT Study objective: To investigate how school communities can support long-term healthy lifestyle habits among adolescents in high-stress academic environments through a theory based intervention design. Design: Narrative literature review and theory-based intervention design. Setting: Secondary school and community environments. Participants: Adolescents aged 12–18 y