Pediatrics News

A review published in World Psychiatry revealed that the internet is affecting our brains and cognition, particularly regarding attentional capacities, memory processes and social interactions.

Students who were bullied used analgesics more than their non-bullied peers, according to findings from an Icelandic cohort that were recently published in Acta Paediatrica.

Adolescents who get less than 8 to 10 hours of sleep a night may be at increased risk for risky sexual behaviors, including engaging in sex without a condom or under the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to recent findings.

Parental prescription opioid use appeared associated with greater risk for suicide attempt among offspring, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

SAN FRANCISCO —Individuals who were directly exposed as children to 9/11 showed a higher rate of subsequent physical disorders, psychiatric disorders and physical-psychiatric comorbidities than those who were not, according to a presentation at APA annual meeting.

Youths who reported they were teased or ridiculed about their weight increased their BMI by 33% more each year compared with a similar group who reported they had not been teased, according to findings published in Pediatric Obesity.

Children who played a video game that featured violence with swords or guns were more likely to engage in risky gun-related activities than children who played a nonviolent video game, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

Low socioeconomic status and the experience of traumatic stressful events seemed to be linked with brain structure and function parameters as well as behavior, according to study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Research published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that children exposed to adverse childhood events, or ACEs, who participated in team sports as adolescents may be less likely to have diagnosed depression, anxiety or current depressive symptoms as adults.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a session presented here, Anthony L. Rostain, MD, MA, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics and Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania medical director, spoke about the non-medical use and abuse of prescription stimulant medications.