Mental Health
From the Journals
Hormone therapy boosts body image in transgender youth
After a year, gender-affirming hormone therapy improved body satisfaction and mental health in adolescents.
Feature
Elderly Americans carry heavier opioid burden
Those over age 65 years fill prescriptions for twice the amount, compared with younger adults.
Commentary
Psychiatrists deemed ‘essential’ in time of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic weighs heavily on psychiatric patients with conditions such as anxiety, depression and PTSD. Meanwhile, a national poll...
Commentary
Is COVID-19 leading to a mental illness pandemic?
Physicians can empower people by helping them to develop skills aimed at focusing on positive aspects of life, said Dr. Robert T. London.
News
Sleep-disordered breathing linked with Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in cognitively normal older adults
Sleep-disordered breathing in otherwise asymptomatic adults aged 65 years and older was associated with brain changes suggestive of Alzheimer’s...
Feature
New ASAM guideline released amid COVID-19 concerns
During the COVID-19 pandemic, “it is especially important” for clinicians to ensure that individuals with OUD continue to receive evidence-based...
Opinion
COVID-19 guidance for children’s health care providers
Accurate information calmly delivered is the antidote to anxiety or panic in a stressful situation.
Opinion
The role of medication in autism spectrum disorder
There are treatment modalities that have an evidence base for addressing specific areas that may be impaired in children with autism.
Feature
Managing children’s fear, anxiety in the age of COVID-19
Provide children with honest and accurate information geared to their age and developmental level.
From the Journals
Sexual-minority youth at greater risk for physical, sexual violence
For high school students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning, the risk of physical or sexual victimization was twofold to...
From the Journals
More inclusive assessment better predicts cognitive impairment in very preterm children
Tests at age 6 years provided the best diagnostic accuracy for finding risk for cognitive impairment at age 12 years.