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Screen teens for suicide risk, AAP advises
LGBT Youth Consult
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.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Autism spectrum disorders in gender-nonconforming youth
Dr. Jeremiah Dickerson discusses autism spectrum disorders in gender-nonconforming youth.
Behavioral Consult
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...
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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...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: ASD doesn’t appear any more prevalent in children with type 1 diabetes
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes appears to be similar to that in the general pediatric...
Conference Coverage
Transgender youth can successfully transition to adulthood
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E-cigarette use may increase the risk of other types of tobacco use
It appears that if high school students smoke e-cigarettes, they are more likely to start smoking regular cigarettes, study results show.
Mental Health Consult
Distress or depression in a 12-year-old girl?
You have only 15 minutes to see a 12-year-old patient who may or may not be depressed. What is the best way to approach the case?
Conference Coverage
Enlist appropriate psychological consults for gender dysphoria
ORLANDO – There is now an awareness of a spectrum of gender identity and an affirmation of the right of individuals to express that identity as...