Mental Health
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Transgender care becoming an increasingly important component of pediatric care
With more and more youth coming out as transgender, providing quality health care to them is becoming increasingly necessary, but not all current...
Conference Coverage
Behavioral seminars for parents can improve child’s behavior, decrease corporal punishment
BALTIMORE – Programs that offer parents tools and techniques to better communicate with their children can improve parent/child relationships and...
News
Survey: Teens view e-cigarettes as less harmful than traditional tobacco products
News
Autism screening rises after process-based training
A 3- to 6-month learning program for pediatric and family medicine providers significantly improved their screening for autism spectrum disorders...
News
High-risk siblings of ASD children show lower levels of initiating joint attention
Conference Coverage
Consider behavior therapy first for young children with ADHD
Parents of children between ages 2 and 5 years with ADHD should undergo behavior therapy before having their children placed on medication.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Comanagement effective at treating mental health issues in pediatric patients
BALTIMORE – The rise of comanagement among pediatric group practices bodes well for future treatment of pediatric patients with mental health...
Conference Coverage
Children with internalizing symptoms may not get enough attention
BALTIMORE – Children with internalizing symptoms are at a higher risk of not getting referred to specialists than those who also exhibit external...
Child Psychiatry Consult
New onset of tics
Dr. Robert R. Althoff explains diagnosis and treatment of tics.