Pediatrics News

A session from SLEEP on pediatric sleep medicine that was intended for technologists focused on helping these professionals “deliver top quality care to even the youngest of patients,” according to the session’s chair.

Increased screen time for entertainment purposes was associated with increased levels of anxiety among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data presented at the World Microbe Forum.

Snoring adolescents correlated significantly with depressive symptoms and suicidality independently of sleep duration, insomnia and daytime sleepiness, according to a survey study conducted in South Korea.

The AMA announced it will ask the HHS Office for Civil Rights to review and revise regulations for physicians when releasing health information about pediatric and adolescent patients.

The AMA has adopted new policies to address the recent increase in youth suicide and to identify evidence-based interventions and other factors for reducing youth suicide risk.

Cannabis use in middle to late adolescence may alter neurodevelopment, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Sex and racial/ethnic disparities in temporal trends were apparent among adolescents with suicidal ideation, according to results of a cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

A layperson-delivered psychological intervention that focused on positive human attributes rather than psychopathology reduced depression and anxiety in adolescents, according to results of a randomized clinical trial conducted in Kenya.

Childhood-onset insomnia symptoms that continued into adulthood served as “strong determinants” of internalizing disorders in young adults, according to findings from a 15-year longitudinal study presented at the virtual SLEEP 2021 meeting.

Potential behavioral changes stemming from puberty were among the most common concerns of parents whose daughters presented for a premenarchal visit, researchers wrote in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.