Mental Health
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Connecticut gets top ranking for mental health
Connecticut had the highest overall score in an analysis that combined 15 prevalence and access measures for adults and children.
From the Journals
Hospitalizations for opioid poisoning tripled in preschool children
From 1997 to 2012, the annual number of hospitalizations for opioid poisoning rose 178% among children aged 1-19 years, according to data from...
Conference Coverage
Homeless youth and risk: Untangling role of executive function
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Conference Coverage
New screen time guidelines address rapid changes in media environment
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ new policies on children’s media use bring the recommendations into the 21st century.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Sensory-related difficulties in children
Dr. Jeremiah Dickerson discusses sensory problems in children.
Conference Coverage
Children on antipsychotics show more early weight gain than adults
VIENNA – Pediatric patients are at substantially greater risk for clinically significant weight gain during their first 6 months on a second-...
Conference Coverage
Tap the power of words when counseling about divorce
SAN FRANCISCO – Be prepared to monitor for and identify outcomes that commonly result from divorce.
From the Journals
Psych issues adding to pediatric hospitalization costs
Although pediatric hospitalizations are driven mostly by medical problems, comorbid psychiatric problems are increasingly adding to the cost.
From the Journals
Psychiatric patients face inordinately long wait times in emergency departments
Many psychiatric patients, including children, wait more than 24 hours.
From the Journals
Prenatal SSRI exposure linked to speech, language disorders
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors taken during pregnancy are linked to a 37% increased risk of speech and language disorders in children...
Article
VIDEO: What will be the NIMH’s focus under Dr. Joshua Gordon?
NEW YORK - Will it ever be possible to trace the neuronal pathways of specific mental states as they speed through our brains? Hear Joshua A....