Mental, Behavioral and Development Health

The US Department of Health and Human Services has announced 3 key actions to strengthen health care for US children, including addressing the mental health crisis in youths.

With many adolescents on the way to school, it's important to ensure your practice is taking the opportunity to talk with them and give them the tools they need be successful.

As the first day of college looms for many students attending for the first time, pediatricians may be confronted with patients experiencing a range of emotions from excitement to stress and uncertainty.

Inaugural recipients will use funds to support infrastructure, student mental health, and programs for children with behavioral challenges.

Bullying can be all-encompassing for children and teenagers, thanks to technology, and it can have a very negative impact on all involved.

Investigators suggest confronting sleep difficulties among patients with suicidal ideation through cognitive behavioral intervention could reduce effects of affective reactivity to interpersonal events.

Symptoms, evaluation, and treatment of ADHD.

The American Academy of Pediatrics statement on the Supreme Court overturn of Roe v Wade.

A study by Orbis International found that children with myopia experienced significantly higher levels of depression and anxiety than their peers without vision impairment.

The stress of enduring an infectious disease pandemic expresses itself in a variety of mental health conditions, but the likelihood of experiencing particular symptoms depends on who you are.

Postpartum psychosis is experienced by 1 to 2 women every 1000 deliveries.

Contemporary Pediatrics weighed in with Editorial Advisory Board member Emily Aron, MD, a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist affiliated with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, about how pediatricians can guide parents in discussing traumatic events like the May 24, 2022 Robb Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Andrew J. Schuman, MD, highlights realistic steps to avoid burnout during the pandemic in a video with Contemporary Pediatrics®.

Vi T. Nguyen, MD, discusses how she got to the other side of physician burnout. Her secret? Collecting trash on the beach.

In a video with Contemporary Pediatrics®, Andrew J. Schuman, MD, gets into the numbers when explaining the true extent of burnout in the health care community.

Pediatric health care providers understand that eating disorders are not lifestyle choices but life-threatening mental health conditions.

How can integrated systems of care help us provide the appropriate level of high-quality care to each individual child?

I have been left to wonder, how does being a caregiver affect the health of the caregiver and what how does our system dysfunction play into that effect?

At the 2022 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Samuel Akaakole Mensah shared results of a 10-year study on pediatric hospitalization trends for cannabis use disorder.

At the 2022 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Bradley Kerr, MS shared research on how adolescents really feel about TikTok when it comes to mental health support and peer comparison.

Dissatisfaction with electronic health records also tied to clinician turnover

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.

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.