Pediatrics News

Teen girls who experienced sexual abuse were more likely than their peers to be cyberbullied, according to a study published in Nature Human Behavior.

Young people with intracranial hypertension had an increased prevalence of disordered eating behaviors, according to study results published in Pediatric Neurology.

In 2021, an estimated 2.06 children and adolescents in the United States used e-cigarettes within the past 30 days, and 84.7% of them used flavored e-cigarettes, according to data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey.

Cyberbullying, as well as content related to drugs, depression and violence, were major risk factors for subsequent youth suicide-related behavior, according to results of a matched case-control study published in JAMA Network Open.

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics linked exposure to gun violence to a rise in pediatric ED visits for mental health issues, especially for children who witnessed such actions.

The prevalence of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder varied significantly based on how the disorder was defined, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Childhood trauma appeared linked to a depressive episode during the perinatal period in adulthood, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Remote school may do more harm to the mental health of older and Black and Hispanic kids and those from lower-income families, according to a nationally representative, cross-sectional study in JAMA Network Open.

ED visits for youth with suicidal thoughts and behaviors initially decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, likely because of lockdown orders, then aligned with 2019 levels, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Maternal grandmothers who were underweight before becoming pregnant were more likely to have a grandchild diagnosed with ADHD than women in other BMI categories, a cohort study showed.