Mental Health

Children of mothers with gestational diabetes had cardiometabolic markers 20 years later that their peers did not, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting.

Teenagers diagnosed with depression were less likely to discuss their condition on Facebook as they grew older, according to findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting.

More than four in five American adults report that more mental health care services are needed for children, including greater access to therapy and treatment options, according to results of a Harris Poll conducted by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

With the increased use of social media among adolescents, a group of researchers has suggested adding social media use questions to a standardized adolescent psychosocial screening, according to a perspective published in Pediatrics.

Family medicine and pediatric practitioners reported significantly less confidence in their capability to assess some aspects of their young patients’ mental health status, according to findings recently published in Primary Care Companion CNS Disorders.

Youth who are victims and, to a lesser extent, perpetrators of cyberbullying are at higher risk for both self-harm and suicidal behaviors than those with no cyberbullying involvement, study findings showed.

Study results showed that psychological resilience in adulthood appeared to counteract the negative effects of childhood adversity on mental and physical health in both adults with schizophrenia and nonpsychiatric comparison adults.

This Friday marks 19 years that many Americans watched the aftermath of the Columbine High School tragedy unfold on live television. In the hours that followed, viewers learned two students killed 12 students and a teacher, and injured another 23.

Neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity in very low birth weight infants showed improved visuomotor, visuoperceptual and visuospatial outcomes at age 11 years compared with infants who did not receive the therapy, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

More than 20% of teenaged girls exhibited unhealthy dieting behaviors in 2013, compared with slightly more than 10% of teenaged boys, according to findings recently published in BMC Public Health.