Compared with their peers, male youths with severe antisocial behavior problems appear to have significant differences in brain structure, suggesting their problem behavior stems from early life changes in brain development.
Date Posted: June 18, 2016
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Oppositional & Defiant Behavior ...
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"Inattentive”, “naughty”, “lazy”. Nine-year-old Vinay (name changed) had grown accustomed to being told off by his teachers at school. His report cards, through primary and secondary school, were curiously erratic — he would score ...
Jun 13
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Children and adolescents with major depression do not benefit from most antidepressant medications, and some of these drugs may do more harm than good. This is the conclusion of a new study published in The Lancet.
Jun 10
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Depression
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Plans to extend the school day to increase achievement might not have the desired effect on all children, depending on the gender suggests the results of a study.
Apr 1
Categories: Academic Issues, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Homeless youth with pets are less likely to engage in potentially harmful behavior, more likely to open up to veterinarians about their personal challenges and generally less depressed.
Mar 29
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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The more time young adults use social media, the more likely they are to be depressed, according to new research.
Mar 26
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Depression
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A new study of children with anxiety disorders suggests that response to CBT is influenced by many genetic variants of small effect - rather than any individual gene.
Mar 18
Categories: Anxiety, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Exposure to common air pollutants during pregnancy may predispose children to problems regulating their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors later on, according to a new study.
Mar 18
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Emotional Abuse, Inattention, ...
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A relatively short intervention program recently developed by researchers at the University at Buffalo can lead to significant reductions in some of these behaviors.
Mar 15
Categories: Bullying, Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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High video game usage was associated with a 1.75 times the odds of high intellectual functioning and 1.88 times the odds of high overall school competence.
Mar 10
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Parenting
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Some parents always try to hide their negative emotions and amplify their positive emotions.
Feb 29
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Parenting
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A new study, believed to be the first to look at the mental health of transgender children who have “socially transitioned,” finds that they had rates of depression and anxiety no higher than two control groups of children.
Feb 29
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & ...
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A study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that adolescents with major depression who performed a computer-based task designed to shift attention from sad to neutral to positive ...
Feb 26
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Depression, Teenage Issues
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On the outside, when a child with ADHD is having an outburst, it might look like they’re misbehaving on purpose. They’re kicking, screaming, crying and throwing their toys. Or maybe it’s the opposite: They’ve completely shut down.
Jan 13
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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Santa Claus performers struggle with fulfilling the role of old St Nic due to an acute awareness of the sensitivities around interactions with children.
Dec 19
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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Violence is more harmful to people than sex. Parents universally hope their kids will never have to be violent or even experience violence. Sex, on the other hand, is a part of life that everybody wants their offspring to enjoy eventually. So why ...
Dec 5
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Parenting
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