Mental And Behavioral Disorder

Eating a healthy breakfast can go a long way for children’s psychosocial health, according to researchers.

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.

Adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery and experienced subsequent substantial weight loss did not see overall mental health improvements at 5 years post-surgery compared with peers who received conventional treatment for obesity, according to results of a prospective cohort study conducted in Sweden and published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.