Pediatrics News

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.

Researchers conducted an umbrella review of interventions for mental disorders among youths that provided evidence-based information for clinical decision making.

Researchers have developed an algorithm tailored to age that can predict the risk for incident metabolic syndrome among young people with psychosis, according to study results published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Children with substantial externalizing symptoms who received ADHD medications had lower odds for suicidality, a cohort study showed.

Suicide rates in the United States differed by race and ethnicity in recent years, according to results of a cross-sectional study in a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of its five most-viewed stories in May.

Youth with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures experienced an increased risk for numerous psychiatric disorders compared with those with epilepsy and healthy controls, according to results of a nationwide matched cohort study.

Early emerging autism spectrum disorder symptom levels often declined across development, according to an analysis of a prospective population-based cohort published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

A 14-item self-reported scale improved the management of and provided guidance for narcolepsy type 1 among children and adolescents aged 10 to 18 years, according to study findings published in Neurology.

Secondhand smoke exposure between the prenatal period and childhood increased risk for having ADHD symptoms and subtypes among school-aged children, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.