Bullying

SAN DIEGO — An experience of food allergy-related bullying negatively impacts both the child with the allergy who faced the bullying and their parent, according to a presentation here.

Youth mental health has improved since 2021, but school safety has become a growing concern among students and an increasing cause for absenteeism, according to the CDC’s most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

WASHINGTON — Food allergy-related bullying is common, with particular subgroups of children possibly at higher risk, according to study results presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Childhood bullying was linked to distrust as a teenager and mental health issues in late adolescence according to research published earlier this week.

Two football players at Lake Travis High School in Lake Travis, Texas, have been accused of coating the cleats and uniform of a teammate with a severe peanut allergy in peanut products. The teammate developed hives.

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, and Avital Y. O’Glasser, MD, FACP, FHM, have published an anthology focused on the need for change and growth in addressing gender inequities in medicine.

Peer victimization and suicidality were associated with higher headache frequency in adolescents, while the association between headache and gender diversity weakened after controlling for other factors, according to research in Neurology.

Laura B. Enyedi, MD, Laura M. Periman, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, discuss bullying, harassment and discrimination in the workplace with Audrey Talley Rostov, MD.

Bullying in school was associated with increased levels of anxiety for both victims and perpetrators, particularly for those involved on both sides of the issue, according to a study from China published in Psychiatry Research.

Families and clinicians alike often have questions about care when it comes to food allergies, from understanding cutting-edge treatments such as oral immunotherapy to addressing psychosocial burdens such as phobias and bullying.