Pediatrics
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Pandemic prompts spike in eating disorder hospitalization for adolescents
Significant increases occurred in length of stay, use of medications, and discharge to inpatient treatment.
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Depression strikes more than half of obese adolescents
New study suggests an association between multiple components of metabolic syndrome and depression in obese teens.
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Methylphenidate is overprescribed to children in France
Between 2010 and 2019, new MPH prescriptions increased by 56% per year, and the total number of annual prescriptions increased by 116%.
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USPSTF recommends for the first time that kids 8 and older get screened for anxiety
The task force also drafted recommendations on screening children 12 and older for depression but made no recommendations on screening for suicide...
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Adolescent overdose deaths nearly doubled in 2020 and spiked again in 2021
Illicit drug use hasn’t changed much among adolescents in the last decade, but the drugs, particularly fentanyl, have become more dangerous,...
Opinion
Transgender youth: Bringing evidence to the political debates
As clinicians and scientists, we have a responsibility to highlight the data relevant to these legislative debates, and to...
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Study: Physical fitness in children linked with concentration, quality of life
VO2max scores were strongly associated with health-related quality of life.
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Abnormal growth of the amygdala in infants tied to autism
“We found that the amygdala grows too rapidly between 6 and 12 months of age, during a presymptomatic period in autism, prior to when the...
Conference Coverage
Novel drug significantly reduces tics in Tourette syndrome – without side effects
Ecocipam does not lead to weight gain, anxiety, depression, or tardive dyskinesia, compared with placebo – a factor that may lead to better...
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Study finds social media use negatively affects male and female adolescents at different ages
Specific developmental windows of sensitivity to social media were identified, which were most pronounced at different ages for adolescent males (...
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Suicide attempts in kids ages 10-12 quadrupled over 20 years
Suspected suicide attempts accounted for about 50% of the total calls to poison control centers among children aged 10-12 in 2000 – a figure that...