Mental Health

Children with positive early interactions with their mother were at a reduced risk for obesity in childhood, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Researchers identified variables reported as significant in three or more randomized clinical trials with respect to adolescent depression outcomes, according to results of a scoping review published in JAMA Network Open.

Examination of positive urine drug screens of teenagers was not a reliable predictor for risk for death by external causes, according to a population-based retrospective cohort study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Two free, brief, single-session online interventions reduced teenagers’ depressive symptoms and hopelessness and increased their ability to create and work towards goals, data showed.

The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a drop in hospitalization for self-harm or overdose in adolescents and young adults compared to the 2 years before, according to a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Infants born during the last 9 months of 2020 scored lower on gross motor, fine motor and personal-social subdomains compared with a cohort of infants born before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Binge drinking, cigarette smoking and marijuana use at age 18 years were associated with increased odds of prescription drug misuse later in life, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Likelihood of inheritance for hypomania, which may lead to bipolar disorder or other mental illnesses, is greater in male twins than in female twins, according to a Swedish cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Support from parents and other important adults was crucial in staving off depression and anxiety among students during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found.

A primary care intervention that consisted of one-on-one counseling and text messages significantly reduced violent behavior, anxiety and substance use among adolescents, data show.