Mental, Behavioral and Development Health

In part 3 of our obesity series, Candice W. Jones, MD, discusses how obesity affects mental health in children, along with how mental health can be managed in these patients.

A recent report lists the pediatric mental health crisis as the top patient safety concern following increases in anxiety and depression among children.

In a recent study, the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) and the Computerized Adaptive Screen for Suicidal Youth (CASSY) tools both showed predictive viability for suicide attempts in adolescents.

What are the psychosocial implications when a student athlete can no longer play their chosen sport?

In a recent study, a poor connection was reported between mental health emergency department discharge and follow-ups through outpatient care.

In a recent study, the rate of suicidal ideation was 1.7 times greater among adolescents with depression who had experienced a violent encounter in the past year.

In a recent study, rates of suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic were higher among youths aged 5 to 24 years than expected based on trends prior to the pandemic.

A recent report from the CDC detailed increasing rates of sadness and violence among US teenage girls.

Although it may be hard for us to admit, physicians face the same types of mental health conditions as our patients.

A study examining the COVID-19 pandemic finds that substance use declined substantially across nearly all categories in 2018-2019 vs 2020 among youth and young adults.

Defining burnout and why it has increased among health care providers

The same risk was not found for offspring of fathers with primary immunodeficiencies.

In a recent study, maternal depression during pregnancy was associated with offspring brain age, while recent stress in offspring was associated with a greater aging pace.

The REACH Institute announces its first live mental health training since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a recent study, the association between poor prenatal diet and adiposity outcomes in children was directly impacted by prenatal psychosocial stress.

In what investigators are calling the largest study of its kind ever conducted in the US, results of the 2-year study, which included more than 300 transgender or nonbinary youth, underline the positive benefits seen with receipt of gender-affirming hormone therapy among this patient population.

Nearly $245 million was awarded in Bipartisan Safer Communities Act funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services to help health care workers support mental health in youths and families.

A recent study found that children were 7.5 times more likely to visit behavioral health services after positive screening for adverse childhood experiences.

Workplace factors play major role in determining job satisfaction, intention to leave.

The REACH Institute announced that they have granted the Pediatric Mental Health Training Award to El Rio Health.

Visits to primary care centers for mental health disorders saw an overall increase during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to a prepandemic period.

This brain imaging study was the first to look at the position of depression and systemic inflammation in brain measures while including the largest sample of patients with psoriasis to date.

Alex, an 18-year-old male, presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of paranoia, agitation, and disorganized behavior. He had no psychiatric history or prior mental health contact and no known medical conditions.

The burden of sleep disorders is high among the transgender or gender-nonconforming population and this study evaluated the role of gender-affirming therapy on that relationship.

Lisa Hunter Romanelli, PhD, CEO of The REACH Institute, discusses how the mental health crisis in children has been addressed in the year since the crisis was declared by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Seven priority areas established to strengthen the health care workforce

In a recent report, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention outlined the rise in poor mental health and suicidal behaviors in adolescents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a recent interview, Thomas Young, MD, chief medical officer and founder for nView Health, outlined tools which pediatricians can use to provide their patients with proper care for mental health disorders.

There is no evidence in the value of screening for depression in individuals aged 11 years and younger.

Although crude results of a study showed risk of neurodevelopmental disorders doubling when exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy, these results were not observed in a fully adjusted analysis.