Pediatrics News

Healio and Cardiology Today present a list of the top read news in psychiatry and CV health.

The AAP recommended that parents proactively engage with children about racism, noting that even “vicarious” racism — like that experienced through social media, conversations and media images — could harm children’s health.

Mental health care has experienced significant changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to mental health experts who participated in a live panel discussion organized by Finn Partners.

There is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care-based interventions to prevent illicit drug use in young people, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reported.

The Smithsonian Science Education Center collaborated with WHO and the InterAcademy Partnership to create a guide for children aged 8 to 17 years to help them better understand the science and social science behind COVID-19 and learn how to keep themselves, their families and their communities safe.

Adverse psychiatric, neurodevelopmental and physical outcomes among children reportedly associated with in utero exposure to antidepressants appeared to be caused by the underlying maternal disorder, according to results of a systematic review published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Nearly half of parents of children aged younger than 18 years reported high levels of stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a national poll released today by the American Psychological Association.

Maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment exposure appeared significantly associated with pediatric mental and behavioral disorders, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA.

Prenatal affective symptoms and stress may have a direct impact on children’s mental health, according to study findings published in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Psychiatric control and discordant-sibling design studies did not support an association between prenatal antidepressant exposure and autism, according to results of a meta-analysis published in American Journal of Psychiatry.