Mental, Behavioral and Development Health

The stress of enduring an infectious disease pandemic expresses itself in a variety of mental health conditions, but the likelihood of experiencing particular symptoms depends on who you are.

Postpartum psychosis is experienced by 1 to 2 women every 1000 deliveries.

Contemporary Pediatrics weighed in with Editorial Advisory Board member Emily Aron, MD, a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist affiliated with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, about how pediatricians can guide parents in discussing traumatic events like the May 24, 2022 Robb Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Andrew J. Schuman, MD, highlights realistic steps to avoid burnout during the pandemic in a video with Contemporary Pediatrics®.

Vi T. Nguyen, MD, discusses how she got to the other side of physician burnout. Her secret? Collecting trash on the beach.

In a video with Contemporary Pediatrics®, Andrew J. Schuman, MD, gets into the numbers when explaining the true extent of burnout in the health care community.

Pediatric health care providers understand that eating disorders are not lifestyle choices but life-threatening mental health conditions.

How can integrated systems of care help us provide the appropriate level of high-quality care to each individual child?

I have been left to wonder, how does being a caregiver affect the health of the caregiver and what how does our system dysfunction play into that effect?

At the 2022 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Samuel Akaakole Mensah shared results of a 10-year study on pediatric hospitalization trends for cannabis use disorder.

At the 2022 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Bradley Kerr, MS shared research on how adolescents really feel about TikTok when it comes to mental health support and peer comparison.

Dissatisfaction with electronic health records also tied to clinician turnover

The loss of a parent as a child is a traumatic experience. Exposure to trauma can impact a variety of outcomes. A report examines whether parental loss can adversely affect a child’s performance in school.

Lawmakers want to expand telehealth options for children, cognitive research.

Exponential rise in death rate is historic, even as adolescent drug use is low.

The recent recommendation statement from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that routine screening for eating disorders aren’t needed for teenagers with normal growth and weight was met with displeasure by experts in the field.

Parental alienation is devastating and toxic for the child.

It is an uncomfortable emotion that is often suppressed—but potent.

Dana Suskind, founder and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago in Illinois, discusses her new book, published by Dutton/Penguin, focused on how parents can raise children who are well-developed in their cognitive and socioemotional skills.

Mental health concerns for children have been greatly exacerbated by the pandemic. A new poll asked parents about their experiences with their teenager’s mental health.

At the 43rd National Conference on Pediatric Health Care for pediatric nurse practitioners in Dallas Texas, 2 clinicians shared their insights on how primary care providers can screen, diagnose, and treat eating disorders in children and adolescents.

Learning vocabulary to advocate for equity, and provide actionable tools for nurse practitioners to confront and dismantle health disparities was this keynote speaker's topic at the 43rd National Conference on Pediatric Health Care for pediatric nurse practitioners in Dallas, Texas.

Is there a connection between strabismus and mental health concerns like bipolar disorder? A recent study provides insight.

Editor-in-chief Dr. Tina Q. Tan shares the articles that shes thinks our must-reads in our special report on the mental health crisis in children.

Two pediatric health care providers assess the mental and academic health of our pediatric population as we mark year 3 of the pandemic.

The results of physician trials led by the AAFP Innovation Lab are very promising.

Other factors that play an important role include work schedule and location.

TikTok has over 1 billion users and dominates youth culture. Is it damaging their mental health?

Now that major medical organizations have declared a youth mental health crisis, what can pediatricians do to advocate for change?