Adolescent Medicine News

Owning and playing on game consoles during the COVID-19 pandemic improved mental health among Japanese children and adults, according to findings published in Nature Human Behavior.

Girls with diagnosed mental health conditions had lower HPV vaccination coverage than their peers without mental health conditions, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health.

E-cigarette use among middle and high school students in the United States dipped below 6% this year — the lowest level in a decade, according to federal data.

Later bedtime and shorter sleep duration at ages 5 and 9 years were associated with a greater likelihood of children trying alcohol or marijuana by age 15 years, according to study findings published in Annals of Epidemiology.

A healthy, 19-year-old noticed some pruritic, somewhat raised erythematous lesions on her left forearm (Figure 1). The middle lesion had an unusual linear appearance.

LGBTQ+ middle and high schoolers reported binge drinking more often and at younger ages than cisgender and heterosexual students, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

In new guidance, the Infectious Diseases Society of America suggested that immunocompromised patients take the monoclonal antibody pemivibart as pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent severe COVID-19.

Medicine was an interesting thought as I was growing up with no medical people in my family.

Despite widespread support for mental health training in schools, less than half of Americans believe most school staff have received it, according to the results of a recent poll by the American Psychiatric Association.