Mental, Behavioral and Development Health

The loss of a parent as a child is a traumatic experience. Exposure to trauma can impact a variety of outcomes. A report examines whether parental loss can adversely affect a child’s performance in school.

Lawmakers want to expand telehealth options for children, cognitive research.

Exponential rise in death rate is historic, even as adolescent drug use is low.

The recent recommendation statement from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that routine screening for eating disorders aren’t needed for teenagers with normal growth and weight was met with displeasure by experts in the field.

Parental alienation is devastating and toxic for the child.

It is an uncomfortable emotion that is often suppressed—but potent.

The final episode in our podcast series on atypical anorexia discusses fat bias in health care and its impact on diagnosis and when pushback against diagnosis happens.

Dana Suskind, founder and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago in Illinois, discusses her new book, published by Dutton/Penguin, focused on how parents can raise children who are well-developed in their cognitive and socioemotional skills.

Mental health concerns for children have been greatly exacerbated by the pandemic. A new poll asked parents about their experiences with their teenager’s mental health.

At the 43rd National Conference on Pediatric Health Care for pediatric nurse practitioners in Dallas Texas, 2 clinicians shared their insights on how primary care providers can screen, diagnose, and treat eating disorders in children and adolescents.

Learning vocabulary to advocate for equity, and provide actionable tools for nurse practitioners to confront and dismantle health disparities was this keynote speaker's topic at the 43rd National Conference on Pediatric Health Care for pediatric nurse practitioners in Dallas, Texas.

Is there a connection between strabismus and mental health concerns like bipolar disorder? A recent study provides insight.

Editor-in-chief Dr. Tina Q. Tan shares the articles that shes thinks our must-reads in our special report on the mental health crisis in children.

Two pediatric health care providers assess the mental and academic health of our pediatric population as we mark year 3 of the pandemic.

The results of physician trials led by the AAFP Innovation Lab are very promising.

Other factors that play an important role include work schedule and location.

TikTok has over 1 billion users and dominates youth culture. Is it damaging their mental health?

Now that major medical organizations have declared a youth mental health crisis, what can pediatricians do to advocate for change?

Dr. Erin Harrop discusses the necessity of understanding that eating disorders do not all look the same in every patient and how a multidisciplinary approach could be an effective way to diagnose and manage anorexia nervosa that is atypical.

For adolescent patients, psychosocial concerns can be an important part of care and routine validated screening can help pediatricians determine which patients may require extra care or even a specialist.

More and more, pediatricians are called on to treat symptoms of anxiety and depression. Here’s what to do before prescribing.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been full of difficult situations for children, from education disruptions to lack of socialization at important developmental stages. It's also left many children without parents or caregivers. What can clinicians do to help these children?

Primary care clinicians play an essential role as first responders to children’s emotional and behavioral problems.

What is the relationship between mental disorders and atopic dermatitis? Investigators from a recent study endeavored to find out.