Pediatrics News

Black and Latinx transgender youth had significant mental health symptom rates, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Network Open.

Participation in family-centered prevention programs mitigated the impact of racial discrimination on subsequent mental health problem increases among Black adolescents, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Sleep disruption had a small but statistically significant impact on depressive symptoms among children and youths, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

A safety planning intervention that incorporated motivational interviewing appeared feasible and acceptable for youths at risk for suicide, according to a presentation at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.

Virtual school instruction may pose greater risks to parental and child mental health than in-person instruction, according to study results published in MMWR.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected daily stressors, coping and suicidal ideation among psychiatrically hospitalized youth, according to a presentation at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.

People who were born preterm had higher rates of psychotropic drug prescriptions during adolescence and young adulthood than those born at term, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Intravenous ketamine appeared well-tolerated acutely and had significant short-term efficacy in depressive symptom reduction among adolescents with depression, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Pediatric primary care clinicians “frequently” screened parents to obtain their smoking behaviors but “rarely” provided smoking cessation counseling, researchers wrote in PLoS One.

Current and past prescription opioid misuse were associated with increases in the risk for suicide-related behaviors and experiences among U.S. high schoolers, according to data published in Pediatrics.