Adolescence is a transitional period from childhood to adulthood in which adolescents experienced physical, psychological, emotional, and social changes. It is both the healthiest period of the lifespan with respect to measurable parameters of psychophysical health, but at the same time, about half of the mental health problems in adults are estimated to have their onset during this critical time window. Although improving health and well-being of adolescents is a prominent global theme, health policies have responded in a one way approach, that is to evaluating only rates of diseases or negative health behaviours, such as addiction. To our knowledge, it is not available an integrated framework for psychosocial monitoring in youth that encompasses different dimensions of health in relationship with addiction vulnerability. Here, thanks to our experimental evidence collected in adolescents, we suggest a new approach in the field of mental health and prevention and treatment of substance use and abuse.
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