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There is a correlation between increased social-emotional difficulties in toddlers and the tendency of low-income parents to use mobile technology to calm their children in certain situations

Social-Emotional Difficulty Linked to Toddler Mobile Tech Use

Toddlers with more social-emotional problems more likely to be given mobile technology to calm down
Physicians who are married to a highly-educated spouse are less likely to work in rural underserved areas

Spouse Education Level May Impact Choice for Rural Practice

Lower odds of working in rural HPSA for physicians married to a highly-educated spouse
Iron supplementation in infancy

Iron Supplement in Infancy May Benefit Motor Development

Improved gross motor test scores at age 9 months
The Supreme Court has ruled against state efforts to collect health care data from insurance plans.

SCOTUS: States Can’t Force Health Care Data Release

Supreme Court rules states can't force health insurers to turn over data
Attention to preoperative stress in adolescents undergoing scoliosis surgery may reduce levels of postoperative pain as well as anxiety and social and attention problems in the recovery period

Pre-Op Stress Tied to Post-Op Pain, Anxiety in Scoliosis Patients

In adolescents undergoing scoliosis surgery, anxiety and depression higher before procedure
The Child Behavior Checklist-Attention Problem scale and Conners Rating Scale-Revised yield moderate sensitivity for diagnosing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents

Similar Sensitivity for CBCL-AP, CRS-R in Diagnosing ADHD

Both scales yield moderate sensitivity for diagnosing ADHD in children and adolescents
For adults aged 80 years or older

Dementia Incidence Higher Than CHD in Very Elderly

Among adults aged ≥80 years, about 64 percent of those who died had prior diagnosis of dementia

February 2016 Briefing – Psychiatry

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Psychiatry for February 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Transgender children who have socially transitioned and are supported to live openly as the gender "opposite" their natal sex do not have elevations in depression

No Increase in Depression for Supported Transgender Children

Transgender children who have socially transitioned have only minimal elevations in anxiety
Flibanserin (Addyi)

Analysis Reveals ‘Female Libido’ Pill May Not Be Worth It

Flibanserin carries risk of serious side effects without delivering much more sexual satisfaction