Mental Health

Childhood poverty was associated with increases in externalizing problems, but not internalizing, over time in early adolescence, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Use of cannabis among individuals who are pregnant was more common among those living in areas with greater retail availability, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Benzodiazepines, compared with alternative pharmacologic treatments for common sleep disorders, were linked to an increased risk for drug overdoses among young people, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Having one or more off-premises alcohol outlets in a census tract was linked with a 13.5% increase in substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in a single year, researchers reported in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

SARS-CoV-2-related neurologic effects endured among children and adolescents in the United States who were hospitalized in 2021 for COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome, researchers reported in JAMA Neurology.

Inpatient and outpatient volume increased for pediatric patients with an eating disorder following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The most-viewed content on TikTok related to food, nutrition and weight focuses on weight-normative messaging, according to a study published in PLOS One.

Children from Brazil exposed to trauma in early childhood are at greater risk for developing psychiatric disorders by their middle childhood years, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has announced its intention to use an endowment of more than $550 million to improve its mental health programs.

Autistic women and girls were more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, as well as be hospitalized for a psychiatric incident, compared with autistic men and boys, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.