Pediatrics News

Researchers identified bridge symptoms between disruptive and internalizing communities in a cohort of elementary school–aged girls which may help indicate later anxiety disorders, according to the data from a network analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Migrant children are at an increased risk for numerous health problems. Infectious Diseases in Children asked Janine Young, MD, FAAP, medical director of the Denver Health Refugee Clinic and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MPH, MS, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, about the level of care migrant children should receive at federal detention and processing centers.

Migrant children who are detained at the U.S. border after seeking asylum are at risk for numerous chronic or acute physical and mental health care conditions, including asthma, dental problems, trauma and infectious diseases. For now, the Trump administration has ended its policy of separating parents from their children as a deterrent against illegal immigration, but experts are concerned that migrant children are not receiving adequate care at detention facilities, and the health implications of their detention and separation can be long-term.

Average scores on the Children's Depression Rating Scale dropped by 42.5% following low-dose IV ketamine infusions among 13 teenagers with treatment-resistant depression, findings published in Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology showed.

Research presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association found that parental depressive symptoms improved during treatment for adolescent depression.

Immunizing pregnant women with Tdap is not related to an increased risk of later autism spectrum diagnoses in their offspring, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Teenagers and young adults with conduct and substance use disorders and their siblings were at almost five times higher risk for premature death than community controls, according to study findings published in Addiction.

Between 2006 and 2013, the prevalence rate of benzodiazepine dispensation among youth aged 24 years and younger increased by 22% in Sweden, data published in PLOS Medicine revealed.

Pregestational diabetes mellitus combined with severe maternal obesity was associated with risk for children’s psychiatric and mild neurodevelopmental disorders, compared with diabetes or obesity separately, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

Parental religiosity was associated with a lower risk for suicidal behavior among offspring, independent of their child’s own belief about religious importance and other parental risk factors like depression, suicidal behavior and divorce, study findings revealed.