Mental Health

Prenatal cannabis exposure may increase risk for psychopathology during middle childhood, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

CMS announced that rates of vaccinations and primary and preventive services among the 40 million children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program “steeply declined” during first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A combination of medication and behavioral treatments may benefit multiplex families where both children and their mothers have ADHD, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Maternal-reported poor family functioning during pregnancy may be associated with child brain characteristics that underlie behavioral problems, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

A survey of 1,047 students aged 13 to 14 years from 17 schools in the United Kingdom showed that their risk for anxiety decreased during lockdowns for the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the period before the pandemic.

Children and adolescents who initiate selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors appeared at a small increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Clinical awareness of bipolar disorder in youth is important given its high morbidity and mortality rate, which is even higher than adult-onset bipolar disorder, according to a presenter at the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.

Black individuals appeared at higher risk for ADHD diagnoses compared with the general U.S. population, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Parental psychiatric illness was associated with suicide attempts among offspring, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Certain types of childhood maltreatment were linked to suicide behaviors among children and young adults, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.