Children and adolescents in food-insecure homes had more mental health visits
Children and adolescents living in food-insecure households had a 55% higher frequency of physician visits for mental health reasons than ...
Tag: adolescents
Trends, seasonality of emergency department visits, hospitalizations for suicidality among children and adolescents
About The Study: The findings of this study of 73,000 emergency department visits and hospitalizations for suicidality indicated the presence of ...
USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of ...
Association of racial discrimination with obesity in children and adolescents
About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that personally mediated racial discrimination may be a risk factor for developing ...
Prevalence, trends in diagnosed learning disability among US children and adolescents
About The Study: Based on U.S. nationally representative data, the estimated learning disability prevalence was 8.83% among children and adolescents ages ...
Helping adolescents to feel competent and purposeful – not just happy – may improve grades
Encouraging adolescents to feel capable and purposeful – rather than just happy – could improve their academic results as well ...
Fewer teens now perceive themselves as overweight – international study of more than 745,000 adolescents
A study involving more than 745,000 adolescents from 41 countries across Europe and North America identified an increase in the ...
Incidence of diabetes in children and adolescents during the pandemic
About The Study: Incidence rates of type 1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis at diabetes onset in children and adolescents were higher ...
Q & A with Dr. Juan Del Toro, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Dr. Ming-Te Wang, University of Chicago, authors of “Vicarious Severe School Discipline Predicts Racial Disparities among Non-Disciplined Black and White American Adolescents”
Research shows racial disparities in school discipline may have collateral consequences on the larger non-suspended student population. When minor infraction suspensions target ...
COVID-19’s impact on socioeconomic inequality in health behaviors among Japanese adolescents
Key Findings Credit: KYAN Akira and TAKAKURA Minoru Key Findings This study is the first worldwide to investigate time trend ...
Lifetime burden of psychological symptoms, disorders, suicide due to cancer in children, adolescents, young adults
About The Study: This systematic review and meta-analysis including 52 studies found children, adolescent, and young adult patients with cancer experience ...
Study finds that proven medications for alcohol use disorder are rarely given to adolescents and young adults on public insurance
BOSTON – Heavy drinking commonly begins in adolescence and is a known risk factor for the development of alcohol use disorder ...
It takes a village: Study shows community is key to a sustained passion for science among adolescents
The results of a yearlong science program show that one of the best ways to instill a lasting interest in ...
Timing of childhood adversity is associated with unique epigenetic patterns in adolescents
BOSTON—Childhood adversity—circumstances that threaten to a child’s physical or psychological well-being--has long been associated with poorer physical and mental health ...
Adolescents are aware of and invested in the potential impacts of abortion restrictions, study says
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – On July 1, North Carolina’s new abortion limits go into effect. As restrictions on abortions are being ...
Q & A with Xingna Qin and Ping Ren, authors of “Does Having Vulnerable Friends Help Vulnerable Youth? The Co-Evolution of Friendships, Victimization, and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents’ Social Networks” Child Development
Peer victimization and depressive symptoms, reflecting social and emotional vulnerabilities, tend to peak in early to middle adolescence. Friends play ...
Volunteering, health, and well-being of children and adolescents
About The Study: Using survey data from across the United States, researchers found that volunteering was associated with higher odds of ...
How to diagnose and manage depression in adolescents: a new review for clinicians
How do you diagnose and manage depression in adolescents? A new review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.220966 ...
Prevalence of mental health diagnoses in children and adolescents before, during pandemic
About The Study: The results of this cross-sectional study suggest that trends in mental health diagnoses among children and adolescents in ...
Nearly half of adolescents using semaglutide in trial dropped below the clinical cut-off for obesity
DUBLIN—A new secondary analysis of the STEP TEENS trial presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2023, Dublin ...