A group of adolescents reported increased frequency of discussions focused on sex and alcohol after their parents were provided guidance and materials about parent-adolescent communication.
Children with pediatric bipolar disorder who had a parent with bipolar disorder showed a greater prevalence of comorbid ADHD compared with children with the same diagnosis but healthy parents.
Suicide mortality rates increased from 1999 to 2017 among both male and female youth.
Insomnia symptoms contributed indirectly to suicide attempts in a cohort of youth following their discharge from an intensive outpatient suicide prevention program.
Acetaminophen use in mid-to-late pregnancy may have an adverse effect on early childhood neurocognitive outcome.
Although neuroimaging studies of major depressive disorder in youth were largely inconsistent, blunted reward-related activity was noted as a potential biological marker for both disorder onset and course.
Marijuana use is risky for young people and pregnant women.
Investigators noted a significant increase in the odds of concurrent and subsequent marijuana use in adolescents and young adults who used e-cigarettes.
The pattern of increasing psychotic-like experiences, minority status, trauma, and family divorce were predictive of emergent mental disorders in a cohort of Chinese youth.
Recall of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) marketing at retail stores is associated with increased subsequent ENDS initiation among youth and young adults.
