Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Perspective

• Teen Girls Are in Crisis: A Call to Action A straight-A middle school student who loved Taylor Swift and soccer overdosed on Tylenol after discovering that she did not make the cheerleading team.
  MDedge, April 20, 2023
• S2 Episode 3: Psychiatric Comorbidities and Schizophrenia   Drs John M. Kane and Christoph U. Correll discuss the importance of ongoing assessment of psychiatric comorbidities in patients with schizophrenia and its impact on outcomes and treatment decisions.
  Medscape, April 19, 2023
• Finding Catatonia Requires Knowing What to Look for Unlike common psychiatric syndromes, such as major depression, that are characterized by self-report of symptoms, catatonia is identified chiefly by empirically evaluated signs on clinical evaluation.
  MDedge, February 16, 2023
• ADHD Beyond Medications Effective behavioral treatments for ADHD do not change symptoms of the condition, but they can help children learn how to manage them.
  MDedge, January 10, 2023
• Physicians of the Year 2022: Best and Worst Find out more on the good deeds and groundbreaking research findings that define the best physicians of the past year — and just how bad the worst doctors could be.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 30, 2022
• Pediatricians Should Screen for Anxiety David C. Rettew, MD, discusses next steps in screening children for anxiety.
  MDedge, December 20, 2022
• Will a New Bill Protect Kids From Social Media? California has passed a bill requiring social media companies to consider children's mental health. A psychiatrist reflects on the bill and the association between mood disorders and internet use.
  Medscape Blogs, October 12, 2022
• Managing Maternal and Infant Mental Health Misty Richards, MD, describes management techniques for better mental health in mothers and their infants.
  MDedge, August 25, 2022
• S1 Episode 1: Risks Associated With Antipsychotic Medications   Drs John Kane and Christoph U. Correll discuss the types of monitoring and support that patients with schizophrenia may need while receiving antipsychotic medications.
  Medscape, August 02, 2022
• Social Media in the Lives of Adolescents Experts discuss the many ways that social media can increase poor mental health outcomes in adolescents, and what parents and clinicians can do to limit exposure to these apps.
  MDedge, July 21, 2022
• Mental Health IS Health Time to stand up for mental health care.
  Medscape Blogs, June 07, 2022
• APA 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from APA 2022
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 23, 2022
• Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Patients: What You Need to Know Here we will review the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of anorexia, with an emphasis on what pediatricians need to know to screen and to facilitate treatment.
  Medscape Pediatrics, May 12, 2022
• Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Among Kids and Teens   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Adelaide Robb, MD, Division Chief, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's National Hospital, about addressing the growing mental health crisis among children and adolescents.
  WebMD, January 19, 2022
• Pediatric Depression and Parents In this article, we provide guidance you may offer the parents of your depressed adolescent patients.
  Medscape Pediatrics, January 12, 2022
• AACP 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from Focus on Neuropsychiatry 2021
  Medscape Psychiatry, August 18, 2021
• Ending the ED 'Boarding' of Youth With Mental Health Needs With dwindling psychiatric resources, children with mental illness often get stuck in the ER.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 08, 2021
• Perinatal Depression and the Pediatrician's Role The risks of untreated postpartum depression in a new mother are the risks of depression tripled: to her health and to the health of her new infant and their whole family.
  Medscape Pediatrics, May 18, 2021
• ADHD 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ADHD 2021
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 14, 2021
• APA 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from APA 2021
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 03, 2021