Mental Health

Children who played video games were shown to exhibit better cognitive function compared with those who didn’t, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A small-town pediatrician who lost five of his patients in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting encouraged his fellow physicians to “be the front line” in protecting children.

The COVID-19 pandemic and H1N1 epidemic were associated with adverse mental health events in adolescents and youth from low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.

Nearly three out of four U.S. high school students reported at least one adverse experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, a CDC study found. The experiences were associated with poor mental health and suicidal behaviors.

Rates of follow-up after acute mental health service use in younger individuals were suboptimal, but improving involvement with outpatient mental health care providers may increase rates, per a new study published in Psychiatric Services.

Reducing sexual violence through policy and societal changes may benefit the mental health of adolescents and contribute to shrinking gender gaps in internalization of mental health issues, per a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Reports of anxiety and depression decreased student athletes who returned to sports, according to a presentation at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

The HHS is investing $27 million to improve mental health care for children, according to a press release.

Alcohol misuse during adolescence was associated with midlife alcohol misuse and poorer physical health, as well as less satisfaction with life, researchers reported in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.

In 2020, a total of 9.2% of Americans aged 12 years and older reported experiencing a major depressive episode in the year prior, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.