Mental Health

Children with mental or behavioral health conditions are more likely to experience pharmacologic restraint in the ED if they are young, male or Black, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

As the pediatric mental health emergency continues, its effects on children continues to be a focus of research. We compiled a list of pediatric mental health stories published in 2022.

We compiled a list of stories involving substance use and children that were published in 2022.

In October, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a final recommendation advocating for anxiety screening in asymptomatic youth aged 8 to 18 years and major depressive disorder screening in asymptomatic youth aged 12 to 18 years.

Costs associated with mental health telehealth for adolescents have skyrocketed since 2019, according to research from Nomi Health.

Genetic-based screening tests among children with epilepsy may provide knowledge into the clinical characteristics of molecular diagnoses of rarer forms of the disorder, researchers found.

The consumption of walnuts was shown to reduce academic stress and bolster mental health among university students, especially women, researchers reported in Nutrients.

Deaths involving fentanyl in people aged 10 to 19 years increased by 182% from 2019 to 2021, among other findings reported in a study published in MMWR.

Pregnant women who participated in weekly wellness classes were half as likely to be depressed up to 8 years later, compared with women who received standard care, researchers reported in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

A study found an association between shortages in mental health workers and increases in youth suicide rates, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.