Mental Health
Conference Coverage
Restless sleep in 11-year-olds predicts earlier substance use
Boys with poor sleep quality and quantity start using alcohol and cannabis earlier as teens.
News
Screen teens for suicide risk, AAP advises
News
Escitalopram falls short in patients with heart failure and depression
News
Primary care management of sepsis survivors does not improve mental health quality of life
Survivors of sepsis or septic shock do not experience a signficant increase in their mental health quality of life by receiving primary care...
News
How young is too young? The optimal age for transitioning for transgender and gender nonconforming youth
Dr. Gerald Montano discusses the challenges related to the decision-making process for transitioning to the self-identified gender.
Conference Coverage
Insomnia is pervasive in adult neurodevelopmental disorders
DENVER – Look for clinically significant sleep disturbances in adults with ADHD or autism spectrum disorder.
News
Autism spectrum disorders in gender-nonconforming youth
Dr. Jeremiah Dickerson discusses autism spectrum disorders in gender-nonconforming youth.
Commentary
Aren’t all mass shooters mentally ill?
In the wake of the Orlando massacre, Dr. Liza H. Gold delineates the differences between mental illness and fanaticism.
News
Kids and accidents
Dr. Susan D. Swick and Dr. Michael S. Jellinek discuss how you can help parents prevent their children from having accidents this summer.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Depression worsens newly diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Key clinical point: Pain and disability often persist despite effective antirheumatic treatment in depressed adolescents with juvenile idiopathic...
News
AAP promotes streamlined tools to help screen for pediatric substance use
While the overall American Academy of Pediatrics policy objectives on screening for pediatric substance use have not changed, the academy is...