The Pediatric Narcolepsy Severity Scale is Useful in Clinical Practice
The Pediatric Narcolepsy Severity Scale (NSS-P) is a valuable tool to measure narcolepsy symptoms in school-aged children and adolescents,
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Transgender Youth
Recent studies have shown an increase in depression and suicidality in transgender youth. To learn more about the mental health challenges affecting transgender youth and how clinicians can better support these patients, we interviewed Jason V. Lambrese, MD, staff child and adolescent psychiatrist at Cleveland Clinic’s Lakewood Family Health Canter in Lakewood, Ohio, and Ralph Vetters, MD, MPH, pediatrician and site medical director at the Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center, a program of Fenway Health in Boston.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Persisting From Childhood to Adolescence Increases Risk for Hypertension
The researchers examined the links between pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and elevated blood pressure and OSA’s orthostatic reactivity in adolescence.
Citizenship Impacts Children’s Access to Health Care
Noncitizen children face higher health harms compared with their siblings who have U.S. citizen status.
Increasing Rates of Suicide Among Black Youth Exhorts the Need for Research
Clinicians writing about the rising rates of suicide and suicidal behaviors among Black youth address the lack of suitable available data and call for the need to mobilize research for prevention.
Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Supply Side Approach to Reducing Use of Substances Among Adolescents Likely Ineffective
How has adolescent substance use and the availability of substances changed during the COVID-19 pandemic? Researchers examine the issue.
Physical Punishment of Children Does More Harm Than Good
A narrative review summarized the findings of 69 prospective longitudinal studies to inform practitioners and policy makers about the outcomes of physical punishment and identified 7 key themes.
Prefrontal Cortical Thinning Associated With Increased Cannabis Use During Adolescence
Researchers examined the extent cannabis use is associated with magnetic resonance imaging–measured cerebral cortical thickness development during adolescence.
Gender- and Ethnic-Specific Trends in Suicidality Among Adolescents in the US Between 1991-2019
It is known that disparities exist among US adolescent suicide death rates by sex, race, and ethnicity. Study researchers look at suicidal ideation and attempts amidst these same parameters from 1991 and 2019.
Adolescent Insomnia and Pain Bidirectional Relationship Mediated by Mood
Researchers assessed longitudinal studies to determine the mediational role of mood as well as the directionality of effects between sleep, pain, and mood.
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