Mental Health
Letters from Maine
Surveillance
Dr. William G. Wilkoff talks about teen recklessness.
From the Journals
Synthetic cannabinoid use linked to multiple risk factors
Depression, alcohol use, and marijuana use increase the risk of teens’ use of synthetic cannabinoids, which ups the risk of substance use and...
Letters from Maine
Wired to win
Dr. William G. Wilkoff discusses the “winner effect.”
Conference Coverage
Family-based treatment of anorexia promising
LAS VEGAS – Is a family-based approach to treating anorexia nervosa more effective than hospitalization?
Feature
Risk considerations for suicidal physicians
LAS VEGAS – A common thread links physician suicides.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Adverse childhood experiences
What risks do adverse childhood experiences carry?
Commentary
Medication for life
Dr. Lawrence D. Blum says too often, young people are prescribed antidepressants and stimulants when what they really need is a dynamic diagnosis...
Pediatric News Turns 50
50 years of child psychiatry, developmental-behavioral pediatrics
Dr. Susan D. Swick, Dr. Michael S. Jellinek, and Dr. Barbara J. Howard offer a look back over more than 50 years of child psychiatry and...
LGBT Youth Consult
Eating disorders in transgender youth
The field of transgender health is growing. What began as a lone German physician in 1918 defying the norms of treating gender identity as a...
Behavioral Consult
Not enough time? Time to rethink
Dr. Barbara J. Howard offers tips to help parents adjust their time-life balance.
Conference Coverage
Antibiotics have a role in PANS even with no infection
SAN FRANCISCO - Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome could be part of the overall increase in autoimmune disease and psychiatric...