Mental Health

In 2021, unintentional opioid toxicity was attributed to one in 22 deaths among all adults and one in 10 deaths among those aged 15 to 19 years, a recent study found.

The prevalence of antipsychotic use in children under Medicaid substantially declined from 2008 to 2016, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

There was a “psychiatric boarding crisis” in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, as psychiatric services were not prepared to support the number of youths needing care, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Youth with autism are three times as likely to have a co-occurring diagnosis of gender dysphoria than peers who do not have autism, according to findings from a study of more than 900,000 adolescents published in Pediatrics.

A new clinical report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics can help pediatricians identify intimate partner violence and aid those affected by it, an expert said.

Most parents showed a willingness for their child to have mental health screening assessments done in a primary care setting and were generally comfortable with screening topics, a recent study found.

CDC advisors on Thursday unanimously supported the addition of Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal vaccine as an option for children in the United States.

Depression is often undiagnosed and untreated in adolescents; however, primary care physicians can help close these gaps in care, according to a review published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

During its House of Delegates meeting, the AMA adopted a policy recognizing that children’s mental health and barriers to care in the United States represent a national emergency.

Only one-quarter of residential addiction treatment centers caring for adolescents in the United States offer buprenorphine to patients with opioid use disorder, according to findings published Tuesday in JAMA.