Child and Adolescent Psychiatry News

• Youth Depression Jumped During the Pandemic, Study Finds Female youth struggled most, especially those from higher income families.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2023
• Inspiring Awe in Kids Inspires Generosity Inspiring feelings of awe in children through the arts tends to lead them to become more generous as adults.
  Quick Take, May 05, 2023
• Four Profiles Help Identify Kids at Risk for Suicide The profiles were developed from a study of children and adolescents aged 5–18 years who had been admitted with a neuropsychiatric event to two children's hospital.
  MDedge News, May 01, 2023
• Too High: Can You ID Pot-Induced Psychosis? Clinicians have sounded the alarm over cannabis-induced psychosis in young people.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2023
• Spanking Can Hurt a Child in More Ways Than One Spanking children may worsen their social behaviors and have a detrimental impact on their social development.
  Quick Take, April 03, 2023
• Impact of Child Abuse Differs by Gender Emotional and sexual abuse during childhood affect women much more than men, whereas men have more ongoing psychopathological consequences from emotional and physical neglect, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2023
• After the Match: Next Steps for New Residents, Unmatched With the emotional rollercoaster of Match Day over, successful matchers plot their medical training; others recover from a selection process that resulted in highs and lows for some specialties.
  Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2023
• Cutting Social Media to 1 Hr/d Boosts Self-Image in Young Adults Study participants felt better about their appearance after just 3 weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2023
• Dissociative Identity Disorder: Fad or Fact? About half of French psychiatrists doubt the existence of the disorder, which reportedly is becoming more prevalent among adolescents.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2023
• 'Concerning' Uptick in Pediatric Antipsychotic Prescribing Over the past 20 years, antipsychotic prescribing in children and adolescents has more than doubled in England, with the largest increase in children with autism.
  Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2023
• Gaming Can Have Some Benefits for Children School-age kids who spend hours a day playing video games may outperform their peers on certain tests of mental agility.
  Quick Take, January 05, 2023
• Bands, Choirs, and Orchestras Teach Kids Resiliency Group music making -- such as in a choir, orchestra, or band -- is a good way to teach kids how to face adversity.
  Quick Take, December 29, 2022
• New Statement Guides the Diagnosis of Pediatric Anxiety The Canadian Paediatric Society has summarized current evidence to support pediatric healthcare providers.
  Medscape Medical News, November 01, 2022
• 'Disturbing' Lack of Follow-up Care After Psychiatric Crises Over half of adolescents and young adults don't receive prompt follow-up care after being hospitalized or visiting the emergency room for a mental health crisis, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 13, 2022
• Novel Internet Intervention Improves Tourette Tic Severity An innovative internet-delivered program that incorporates therapist support can yield clinically meaningful improvements in tic severity in patients with Tourette syndrome, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 23, 2022
• High Rate of Mental Health Problems in Transgender Children This study comparing community-based transgender kids to their peers found disturbingly poorer mental health in this group.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2022
• A New Predictor of Problem Drinking in Early Adulthood Solitary drinking in adolescence and young adulthood is a strong predictor of alcohol use disorder by age 35, results of a new longitudinal study show.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2022
• A Hit and a Miss for Novel Autism Drug The novel treatment balovaptan is not statistically superior to placebo for improved social communication in autism spectrum disorder, results from a large phase 2 trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2022
• Spain's New Mental Health Care Plan Aims to Aid Young People The plan focuses on early detection and suicidal behavior and provides for the opening of four new day hospitals for children and adolescents.
  Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2022
• A Moral Compass Is Apparent Even in Infants Even babies as young as 8 months old can recognize bad behavior and punish it, according to researchers at Osaka University in Japan.
  Quick Take, June 13, 2022