Mental Health

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.

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.