Mental Health
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Research reveals surprises in mental health and gun violence
And there’s a new FDA approval for multiple myeloma.
Conference Coverage
About sex, adults aren’t talking or kids aren’t listening
TORONTO – Almost half of adolescents say their PCPs aren’t talking with them about sex, and parents more often report having “the talk” than teens...
Conference Coverage
Off-label prescribing of SGAs in children varies by diagnosis
TORONTO – On-label prescribing of second-generation antipsychotics in hospitalized pediatric patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia was...
Conference Coverage
Safety and support experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming youth explored
Youth with nonbinary identities reported greater feelings of safety and support at school, compared with peers with binary identities.
Conference Coverage
ED visits higher among pediatric asthma patients with comorbid depression, anxiety
TORONTO – Children with asthma who were on Medicaid also had an independent risk for going to the ED.
Conference Coverage
Formula gets high marks for predicting suicide risk among Apache youth
If validated, the new model will become part of the suicide surveillance system at the White Mountain Apache Tribe Reservation in Arizona.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: How to handle opioid constipation
And there may be a new option for postpartum depression.
Conference Coverage
U.S. youth suicide prevention saved nearly 900 lives
WASHINGTON – Data from a U.S. grant program aimed at reducing youth suicides showed this funding was linked with 882 fewer suicide deaths than...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Fewer smokes mean fewer strokes
And is your EHR preventing breastfeeding?
Child Psychiatry Consult
‘You’re not going to tell my parents about this are you?’
What is the role of parents when adolescents are using illicit substances?
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Is ‘medical aid in dying’ suicide?
And one in five Medicaid kids may have a mental health diagnosis.