Pediatrics News

A new clinical report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics can help pediatricians identify intimate partner violence and aid those affected by it, an expert said.

SAN FRANCISCO — Insurance claims data may help identify children and adolescents at risk for neurodevelopmental conditions, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Most parents showed a willingness for their child to have mental health screening assessments done in a primary care setting and were generally comfortable with screening topics, a recent study found.

During its House of Delegates meeting, the AMA adopted a policy recognizing that children’s mental health and barriers to care in the United States represent a national emergency.

SAN FRANCISCO — Compared with children placed in institutional care, those placed in foster care at a young age had better cognitive, physical and psychopathological outcomes through adolescence, according to findings presented here.

Only one-quarter of residential addiction treatment centers caring for adolescents in the United States offer buprenorphine to patients with opioid use disorder, according to findings published Tuesday in JAMA.

INDIANAPOLIS — Results of a study presented here demonstrated that alcohol consumed within 1 hour of bedtime had a negative effect on psychomotor vigilance performance the next day.

INDIANAPOLIS — Compared with siblings, survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk for sleep concerns up to 30 years after diagnosis, according to a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

A study found an increase in children diagnosed with anxiety during office visits in a recent 12-year period but a decrease in the proportion of office visits that included therapy, according to results published in Pediatrics.

Over three in five affected children do not receive mental health services within 6 months of experiencing a firearm injury, according to a study published in Pediatrics.