Mental Health
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New toolkit offers help for climate change anxiety
The toolkit includes three main sections that feature video clips and reflective questions around eco-anxiety, eco-paralysis, and ecological grief...
From the Journals
CBT or hypnotherapy may help kids’ functional abdominal pain
Children treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy experienced less frequent and less severe abdominal pain than those who did not receive any...
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Maternal autoimmune diseases up risk of mental illness in children
Offspring of mothers with autoimmune diseases may benefit from long-term surveillance for mental health disorders.
Conference Coverage
How to communicate effectively with patients when tension is high
Calling to mind a couple of acronyms can help, said a moderator of a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians...
Letters from Maine
Screening for anxiety in young children
Anxiety happens and unfortunately so do anxiety disorders. We need to be doing a better job of acknowledging and responding to these two realities...
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Hospital readmission remains common for teens with nonfatal drug overdose
Opioids were the main cause of both incident and recurrent hospitalizations according to the 2016 Nationwide Readmissions Database.
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Firearm counseling in the ED could be lifesaving for teens
“We know that counseling is really helpful for these families, because when they come to the emergency department with a concern, they can have a...
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Pandemic prompts spike in eating disorder hospitalization for adolescents
Significant increases occurred in length of stay, use of medications, and discharge to inpatient treatment.
From the Journals
Methylphenidate is overprescribed to children in France
Between 2010 and 2019, new MPH prescriptions increased by 56% per year, and the total number of annual prescriptions increased by 116%.
Letters from Maine
Weigh but don’t tell
The pediatrician’s office conversation that ensues could include the provider’s observations that weight is just one measure of health and in fact...
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USPSTF recommends for the first time that kids 8 and older get screened for anxiety
The task force also drafted recommendations on screening children 12 and older for depression but made no recommendations on screening for suicide...