Tag: Child Psychology
Early-Life Adversity Tied to Poor Mental Health, Cognition in Later Childhood
Specific impacts seen on working memory and vocabulary
Electronic Health Record Data May Predict Early Autism
Authors say automated approach could be used to improve early autism screening
Childhood Maltreatment Is Partial Causal Factor for Later Mental Health Problems
Link seen across wide range of psychiatric disorders
Childhood Regulatory Problems Tied to Behavioral Problems in Young Adults
Findings seen for multiple or persistent regulatory problems detectable in infancy through early childhood
Antipsychotics Increasingly Being Prescribed to Children
Period prevalence of all antipsychotic prescriptions increased 3.3 percent per year from 2000 to 2019
Children’s Firearm Injuries Up Risk for New Mental Health Diagnoses
Findings driven by substance-related and addictive disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders
Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Linked to Psychopathology in Early Teens
PCE significantly linked to persisting vulnerability to psychopathology, with no change in associations by age
Parental Cancer Tied to Poorer Health Outcomes in Children
Higher school absenteeism, increased health care use, poorer mental health seen among children with a history of parental cancer
Pandemic Worsened Mental Health, Social Risk in Minority Children
Depression/anxiety problems increased for urban, racial- and ethnic-minority children during versus six months before the pandemic
U.S. Pediatricians, Psychiatrists Declare ‘Emergency’ in Child Mental Health
Groups urge policymakers to increase funding to ensure all families can access mental health services
