AACAP: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Two factors predict suicide in teens with bipolar disorder
Major finding: Teens with bipolar disorder who attempted suicide were significantly more likely to have a history of self-harm (P less than .001)...
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Higher suicidality seen in autistic children
Major Finding: Suicide attempts or ideation were a problem in 43% of autistic children, compared with 14% of depressed nonautistic children and 0....
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Antipsychotics may increase iron depletion in autism
Major Finding: After 18 months of antipsychotic therapy, the mean BMI increased by 2 kg/m2, and mean plasma ferritin concentrations in the cohort...
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Comorbidities might mask autism in Hispanics
Major Finding: Hispanic children with autism spectrum disorders were nearly twice as likely to have a co-occurring learning disability or speech...
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Attention Retraining Enhances CBT for Adolescent Anxiety
Major Finding: Adjunctive attention-retraining therapy enhanced the already significant improvements from CBT for anxiety disorder.
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Family-Focused Therapy May Help Resistant Pediatric OCD
Major Finding: Seven of 10 youths with complex OCD responded to CBT plus family-focused therapy (PFIT), compared with 4 of 10 who got CBT alone....
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Pediatric Psychiatry Services Infiltrate Primary Care
Major Finding: Ninety-four percent of 325 New York primary care physicians who were surveyed rated the CAP PC program as very or extremely helpful...
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Don't Overreach for Subthreshold Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Major Finding: Half of youths referred for BP-NOS progressed to a diagnosis of bipolar disorder I or II within a mean of 7 years. Data Source:...
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Topiramate Plus Quetiapine Cut Cannabis Use in Bipolar Teens
Major Finding: After 16 weeks of treatment, the average weekly use of cannabis dropped from 14 to 4 joints in the quetiapine and placebo group and...
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Macrocephaly, Autism Not Linked in Twin Study
Major Finding: Macrocephaly was noted in 20% of boys and 27% of girls with autism spectrum disorder and in 19% of boys and 24% of girls who were...
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Bipolar Disorder: More Recurrences in Teens with Comorbid Anxiety
Major Finding: After adjustment for confounding variables, 37% of youths with bipolar disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders and 55% of those...
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Low Vitamin D Levels in Teens With Psychotic Symptoms
Major Finding: Psychotic features were observed in 40% of mentally ill teens with low vitamin D levels, compared to 16% of teens with normal...
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Treating Insomnia Boosts Treatment for Child and Teen Depression
Major Finding: Patients whose insomnia improved within the first 2 weeks of treatment had significantly lower depression severity scores on the...