Mental Health
Commentary
Autism Acceptance Month: Raising awareness and closing the diagnosis gap
Epidemiologic disparities still exist – both locally and globally, said Dr. Jason Emejuru.
From the Journals
Child abuse tied to persistent inflammation in later life
Participants who had reported childhood abuse also demonstrated significantly higher rates of loneliness and depression.
From the Journals
Children with increased suicide risk are falling through the cracks
Children in the welfare system who died by suicide were twice as likely to receive mental health services within the 6 months before their death,...
Letters from Maine
Dialing back pandemic screen time
How should parents, and those of us who advise them, begin to restructure sensible and enforceable guidelines for screen time given the sea change...
Beyond the White Coat
Who to trust for advice on reopening schools?
My recommendation, biased by my experience, is to trust the CDC.
Child Psychiatry Consult
School refusal and COVID-19: The pediatrician's role
Even when a family decides it is best for their child to return, we might encounter scenarios in which children and adolescents outright refuse to...
Feature
Fauci worries about possible post–COVID-19 ‘mental health pandemic’
“I hope we don’t see an increase in some preventable situations that would not have happened if people had the normal access to medical care,”...
Letters from Maine
The siesta solution
The ability to take daytime naps and reap their cardiometabolic benefits is not just luck but has a significant genetic component, says Dr....
Behavioral Consult
Helping parents deal with children’s transition to in-person school
You can help parents to anticipate what may be challenging about this transition for their children so that they are all prepared and can diminish...
From the Journals
Smartphone ‘addiction’ tied to poor sleep in young adults
Almost 40% of adults aged 18-30 years who self-reported excessive smartphone use also reported poor sleep.
News
FDA okays novel dual-action stimulant med for ADHD
Azstarys combines extended-release serdexmethylphenidate, KemPharm’s prodrug of dexmethylphenidate, coformulated with immediate-release d-MPH.