Pediatrics News

Even with all the complications presented by their disease, children with inflammatory bowel disease can still achieve results in school comparable to their peers. However, some subgroups might need extra attention to avoid a negative impact on their school performance.

Exposure to air pollution was associated with psychotic experiences during adolescence, according to findings from a cohort study of children born in the U.K.

A large systematic review and meta-analysis showed poor agreement between prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment, indicating that these two measures should not be used interchangeably to study risk factors associated with childhood maltreatment.

Trigeminal nerve stimulation, or TNS, a minimal-risk noninvasive neuromodulation method, improved symptoms and brain functioning in children with ADHD in a blinded sham-controlled pilot study.

In Taiwan, adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder were more likely to contract subsequent STIs than those without bipolar disorder, according to longitudinal study findings reported in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Analysis indicated that childhood maltreatment may lead to changes in brain structure that in turn increase the risk for future relapse in patients with major depression.

Children of mothers with mental disorders were more likely not to complete primary education than children of mothers without mental disorders, study findings showed.

Greater exposure to adverse childhood experiences was associated with higher out-of-pocket medical expenses and financial burden in adulthood, according to research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The use of a call center for early childhood developmental screenings significantly improved the number of children who were screened and received services, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

Daily use of cannabis was associated with an increased risk for psychosis, study finding published in The Lancet Psychiatry revealed.