Child/Adolescent Psychiatry

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Internet-Delivered CBT Noninferior for OCD in Children

May 13, 2021

Stepped care offering internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy followed by in-person CBT if necessary is noninferior to in-person CBT for children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder.

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$100 Savings Bonds Offered to Young People in West Virginia Who Get COVID-19 Shot

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Cognitive Deficits in Childhood Tied to Later Mental Health Disorders

Specific cognitive deficits in childhood are distinctively associated with different mental health disorders, like borderline personality disorder, depression, and psychosis, in teens and young adults.