Pediatrics News

An early parenting intervention appeared to enhance child brain regions associated with social cognitive development, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Children with disruptive behavior disorders and callous-unemotional traits may have reduced neural activation in reward and cognitive-control regions, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

The FDA recently announced its approval of the cannabis-based Epidiolex, an oral solution to treat seizures in patients aged older than 1 year with tuberous sclerosis complex, a rare genetic disease that causes noncancerous tumors to grow in the brain and other parts of the body.

Alzheimer’s dementia risk factors may be measurable among adolescents and young adults, according to data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2020.

Dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive processing therapy appeared to improve PTSD symptoms among women who survived childhood abuse, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Antipsychotic medication, psychological intervention and the two combined appeared acceptable, safe and effective among adolescents with first-episode psychosis, according to study results published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Asthma prevalence estimates were 10 percentage points higher among children with a developmental disability or delay than among children without one, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Area-level artificial light at night, or ALAN, may negatively affect sleep patterns and increase risk for mood and anxiety disorders among adolescents, according to results of a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Sleep problems during early childhood may be associated with the onset of psychosis and borderline personality disorder, or BPD, in adolescence, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

For the first time, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that primary care physicians ask adults about drug use and connect those with a drug use problem to resources for treatment.