Mental Health
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Childhood-Onset Atopic Dermatitis Adds Burden in Adulthood
The Scars of Life project was designed to analyze how the age of AD onset affects the severity of symptoms and quality of life.
From the Journals
Considering Eating Disorder Potential When Prescribing Weight Loss Drugs to Teens
Nearly 80% of teens in treatment for obesity reported symptoms of disordered eating at the outset of an intervention.
Behavioral Consult
Stress Management
Like professional athletes, those experiencing stress can think about their time as being their most precious resource and be intentional about...
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Is It Time for Universal Suicide Screening?
Child Psychiatry Consult
The Surgeon General’s Advisory on Parental Mental Health: Implications for Pediatric Practice
Addressing parental mental health can be a crucial step in safeguarding the mental health of children.
Letters from Maine
Being An Outsider
Studies suggest that being out in nature can reduce stress, anxiety, and aggression, and improve working memory and attention.
From the Journals
Brain Network Significantly Larger in People With Depression, Even in Childhood
The frontostriatal salience network was expanded nearly twofold in the brains of most individuals studied with depression compared with controls...
From the Journals
Promising Results With CBT App in Young Adults With Anxiety
“If the app helps reduce symptoms, [patients] may then be able to take the next step of seeing a mental health professional when needed.”
Letters from Maine
Technoference
Numerous studies suggest an association between parental technoference and mental health difficulties in children.
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Black Children With Vitiligo at Increased Risk for Psychiatric Disorders: Study
Researchers conducted a retrospective, single-center, case-control study of 327 Black children with vitiligo and 981 matched controls without...
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Neurofibromatosis: What Affects Quality of Life Most?
“To develop effective therapeutics, meaningful clinical outcomes that are tied with improvement in QoL for persons with NF1 must be clearly...