Tag: children
Antiseizure Drug Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Large Risk of Autism,...
Harms are ālargely overlooked by psychiatry despite widespread usage,ā according to the researchers.
How Western Psychology Can Rip Indigenous Families Apart
An interview with Elisa Lacerda-Vandenborn about the consequences psychology and mental health treatment can have for indigenous children.
How Western Psychology Can Rip Indigenous Families Apart: An Interview with...
An interview with Elisa Lacerda-Vandenborn about the consequences \psychology and mental health treatment can have for indigenous children.
Looking Beyond Self-Help to Understand Resilience: An Interview with Michael Ungar
Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Michael Ungar about how complex systems make us vulnerable and how resilience emerges in context-specific ways.
Four Children
I went to the childrenās ward, to work with the kids. I remembered to tell all of them that I had been locked up my whole childhood on psych wards, and this always made them trust me.
Antidepressant Use Continues to Climb Among Youth on Medicaid
New study finds that Medicaid enrolled youth were 14 times more likely to be on an antidepressant in 2014 than in 1987.
Yoga and Mindfulness Benefit Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
A new review finds preliminary evidence for yoga and mindfulness-based interventions for youth diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Increase in Suicide Attempts by Self-Poisoning in Youth
Researchers shed light on hike in attempted suicide by self-poisoning in young adults between 2011 and 2018.
7 Tips to Help a Distracted Child
Simple changes such as keeping a calm home environment, limiting media distractions and enrolling your child in sports will help a child who is inattentive or having problems focusing on his or her school work. They are also useful for any child and can even prevent inattentiveness in an ever-more-distracting world.
Childhood Bipolar Disorder, Deconstructed
Diagnosing children with juvenile or pediatric bipolar disorder is largely an American phenomenon. Do we actually have more ābipolarā children in the United Statesāor are we simply labeling more of them as such? If it is ever fair to call a child āmanic,ā isnāt the childās environment the direction in which we should look?
Rates of ADHD Diagnosis and Prescription of Stimulants Continue to Rise
Two new articles find that rates of ADHD diagnosis and stimulant prescription continue to rise all over the world.
Out-of-home Placements for Children Increase Odds of Psychiatric Issues
When controlling for social and family characteristics, separating children from parents into out-of-home care increases psychiatric issues, prescriptions, and criminal activity.
Memoirs of a Dissident Psychiatrist
For years I had hoped that psychiatry would free itself from the psychoanalytic doctrine, and when my wish finally came true, my profession went from the frying pan to the fire. My main goal, currently, is to convince professionals as well as the public that most child psychiatric problems can be handled effectively without medication.
Large Increase in Poison Control Calls for Children Taking ADHD Drugs
New data shows that calls to US poison control centers have increased significantly for children taking stimulant ADHD drugs.
D.C. Faces Lawsuit for Unnecessarily Institutionalizing Hundreds of Kids
From The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: "The Bazelon Center, along with co-counsel Disability Rights DC at University LegalĀ Services (the protection and advocacy...
Migrant Kids Are Being Traumatized, Not Treated
From The Sacramento Bee: "I donāt know what itās like to be an immigrant kid, to travel alone to an unfamiliar country or be...
Teaching Philosophy Helps Safeguard Society
From Aeon:Ā "Teaching philosophy to children has been shown to sharpen reasoning and communication skills. Moreover, students who engage in philosophical thinking are better able...
Break the Silence on Abuses of Institutionalized Children
From Rooted in Rights: "I have been made to believe that the violence I experienced in the hospital was a statistical anomaly. No story...
Poor and Foster Care Children More Likely to be Diagnosed and...
Study details Medicaid-insured birth cohortās exposure to psychiatric medications and mental health services.
Research Finds Parentsā Trauma May Impact Childrenās Health
Study uncovers some of the intergenerational consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Despite the Evidence, Overprescription of Stimulants Continues
A new study finds that stimulant prescribing rates to children continue to rise despite the well-established evidence documenting overdiagnosis of ADHD and overprescription of stimulants.
Problem Behaviors are Medicalized in White Children and Criminalized in Black...
Race often determines whether school punishment or therapy and drugs will be used to address childrenās problem behaviors.
The Great Psychoanalysts 2: Melanie Klein
This pieceĀ forĀ The Philosophers' Mail profiles Melanie Klein, a Viennese psychoanalyst best known for applying the principles of Freudian psychoanalysis to children.Ā Klein's work primarily focused...
Kids Perform Better When Dressed as Batman
FromĀ World Economic Forum:Ā A recent study found that children aged 4-6 maintained better focus and were less easily distracted while performing boring tasks when dressed...
Children Diagnosed with ADHD Younger are More Likely to get Multiple...
New research demonstrates that children diagnosed with ADHD at younger ages are more likely than those diagnosed later to receive multiple medications within five years of their diagnosis.