Mental Health

DENVER — Multiple socioeconomic and clinician-based factors prevent access to and utilization of exposure and response prevention therapy for youths, a speaker said at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.

Study findings indicate that epidemiologic surveys and patient forms for adolescents should include broader options for sexual orientation and gender identity, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

Children, adolescents and older adults were underrepresented in U.S. clinical trials investigating eating disorders, despite federal guidance urging increased participation of individuals of all ages, according to researchers.

In its latest step to address a national emergency in pediatric mental health, the AAP has collaborated on a set of guidelines known as the Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.

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.