Mental Health

Brief social contact-based videos effectively reduced adolescent transphobia and depression-related stigma, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

Depression was common among adolescents even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, affecting around one in every five, according to 6 years of surveillance data published this week in MMWR.

Over the course of 1 year, a preventive group intervention program showed effectiveness in reducing symptoms of gaming disorder and unspecified internet use disorder in adolescents, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

A genomic approach may help identify children at high risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Weekly pediatric ED visits for eating and tic disorders have increased among females — especially adolescents aged 12 to 17 years — during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in MMWR.

Childhood-onset insomnia symptoms can be long-lasting, persisting into adolescence and even adulthood, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

More than 85% of U.S. medical practices had trouble obtaining advice and services for pediatric patients who needed behavioral health care, survey data showed.

Multiple interventions are needed to combat the disproportionate burden from pandemics, like COVID-19, on underrepresented populations, according to a prospective longitudinal study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Children with ADHD exhibited modest differences on structural brain measures compared with peers without ADHD, according to results of a cross-sectional population-based study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Young people who were prescribed opioids had a 19% relatively greater risk for suicidal behavior than those who took prescription NSAIDs, according to a study of Swedish data that was published in Pediatrics.