https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. An international study—the largest of its kind—has uncovered similar structural changes in the brains of young people diagnosed with anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD and conduct disorder, offering new insights into the biological roots of mental health conditions in children and young people. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-youth-mental-health-conditions-similar.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:34:04 EST news682706041 Young people who are diagnosed with conduct disorder show significant differences in their brain structure depending on whether or not they have also suffered childhood abuse, according to new research led by the University of Bath. This finding, published in Development and Psychopathology, suggests the combined effects of childhood maltreatment and conduct disorder impact the architecture of the brain. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-brain-differences-children-disorder-abuse.html Tue, 27 May 2025 12:49:04 EDT news667568941 Children exposed to their mother's cannabis use during pregnancy and after birth are three times more likely to develop behavioral problems, new Curtin University research has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-maternal-cannabis-triples-disruptive-behavior.html Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:12:03 EST news660460321 Offspring of mothers with an eating disorder or prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) outside the normal weight range have an increased risk for psychiatric disorders, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in JAMA Network Open. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-psychiatric-disorders-offspring-moms-disorder.html Thu, 24 Oct 2024 06:18:54 EDT news648969527 Researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and UNSW Science have conducted a study examining the impact of alcohol on the electrical conductivity of the brain, highlighting its sedative effects. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-alcohol-impact-brain-social-drinkers.html Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:29:55 EDT news642245392 Defiance, tantrums, aggression: All signs of a condition called conduct disorder, which Mental Health America says affects up to 16% of boys and 9% of girls. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-brain-kids-disorder.html Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:50:01 EDT news640439632 Conduct disorder in young people is associated with differences in surface area across much of the brain, compared to the brains of typically developing children, new research shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-children-disorder-widespread-brain-differences.html Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:30:01 EDT news640363127 Metabolic disorders, like diabetes and osteoporosis, are burgeoning throughout the world, especially in developing countries. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-blood-powered-chip-real-health.html Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:00:02 EDT news638432448 A new study from University of Houston College of Pharmacy researchers examined the development and predictors of clinically significant weight gain (CSWG) among pediatric patients using second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) medication. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-weight-gain-children-generation-anti.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:57:18 EDT news630863816 Problems with focus and impulse control can be common developmental stages through which children and adolescents naturally progress. But they can also be symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a chronic condition. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-parent-families-children-adhd.html Sun, 14 Jan 2024 11:40:01 EST news624281575 In a recent analysis, researchers found sex differences in the health and neurodevelopmental outcomes of people exposed to alcohol before birth. Male participants in the study, published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, experienced greater neurodevelopmental impairment, while female participants had higher rates of endocrine problems. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-people-exposed-alcohol-prenatally-significant.html Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:50:19 EDT news598524616 A team of researchers at Kyoto University has recently found that patients with kleptomania exhibit distinct patterns of gazing and brain activity when shown images with environmental cues relevant to their symptoms. Such characteristics were not observed in healthy subjects. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-kleptomaniacs-distinct-patterns-brain.html Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:52:03 EST news595864322 Children as young as 4 years old show evidence of a network in the brain found in adults that tackles difficult cognitive problems, a new study found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-children-brain-network-adults-tough.html Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:07:04 EST news595516022 Characterized by antisocial behaviors and low academic achievement, conduct disorder (CD) impacts an estimated 9.5% of individuals in the United States. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-brain-differences-children-disorder-childhood.html Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:39:03 EST news594995941 New data from the longitudinal Stress in Pregnancy Study (SIP Study) have identified earlier onset and higher rates of developmental psychopathology among children whose mothers were pregnant with them during Superstorm Sandy. In addition, the child's biological sex determined specific patterns of elevated risks. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-children-exposed-disasters-womb-higher.html Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:29:03 EDT news582982141 Tweens who spend more time on screens have a higher likelihood of developing disruptive behavior disorders, with social media having an especially strong influence, a new UC San Francisco-led study published today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-07-elevated-tween-screen-linked-disruptive.html Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:36:13 EDT news578061369 In the Chicago area, pediatric mental health Emergency Department (ED) visits increased 27 percent at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a 4 percent increase monthly through February 2021, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago published in the journal Academic Pediatrics. The authors found increased ED visits for suicide, self-injury and disruptive behaviors, as well as higher admission rates for these children. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-children-mental-health-emergency-departments.html Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:06:32 EDT news575640387 One half of psychiatric and substance use disorders start by the age of 18; three-quarters by age 24. While these are concerning statistics, a new study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that treating psychiatric disorders with psychotropic medications in children and adolescents does not increase the risk of developing substance use, misuse, or substance use disorder (SUD). In fact, for at least three disorders—ADHD, major depressive disorder (MDD), and psychotic disorders—treatment with medication reduced the risk of developing a SUD. The study is published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-medication-treatment-pediatric-psychiatric-disorders.html Thu, 19 May 2022 14:17:01 EDT news572188618 Conduct disorder (CD) is a common yet complex psychiatric disorder featuring aggressive and destructive behavior. Factors contributing to the development of CD span biological, psychological and social domains. Researchers have identified a myriad of risk factors that could help predict CD, but they are often considered in isolation. Now, a new study uses a machine-learning approach for the first time to assess risk factors across all three domains in combination and predict later development of CD with high accuracy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-machine-disorder-kids.html Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:38:33 EDT news568978711 A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, reports that, among youth with substance use and depression, a significant proportion show early improvements in depression during their treatment for substance use. Youth who are using cannabis less frequently prior to treatment and those without conduct disorder are more likely to experience early depression improvement. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-treatment-substance-depression-adolescents-young.html Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:10:36 EDT news567767433 Structural differences in the area of the brain responsible for decision making could explain why two siblings living in the same family might differ in their risk of developing the condition conduct disorder. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-differences-brain-siblings-susceptible-severe.html Tue, 05 Oct 2021 04:05:33 EDT news552625529 Aggression is a common behavior both among humans and other animals, which is known to be particularly important for defense, protection and survival. While psychologists and neuroscientists have been investigating aggression for several decades, recent technological advances have enabled the collection of increasingly precise and insightful data that has helped to identify many of the neural mechanisms associated with aggressive behaviors in different species. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-neuroscience-explores-neural-mechanisms-aggression.html Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:40:01 EST news524478125 The use of antipsychotics in young children is declining but doctors continue to prescribe these medications off-label for conditions not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and without the recommended psychiatric consultation, a Rutgers study found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-prescriptions-antipsychotic-medications-young-children.html Mon, 09 Nov 2020 03:34:51 EST news524115287 Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Rose Faghih is not afraid of fear. If continuously monitored, she sees it as a tool to improve mental health treatment. So, she and doctoral student Dilranjan Wickramasuriya in the University of Houston Computational Medicine Lab (CML), who have previously tracked the fear response through sweat, or skin conductance, have now illustrated that the sympathetic nervous system's activation level can be tracked continuously. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-tracking-response-mental-health-treatment.html Tue, 19 May 2020 16:25:22 EDT news509124319 For 8-million adults who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder in any given year, medication and cognitive therapy have been the treatment protocol. Now, University of Houston assistant professor of electrical engineering Rose T. Faghih is reporting in Frontiers in Neuroscience that a closed-loop brain stimulator, based on sweat response, can be developed not only for PTSD patients, but also for those who suffer an array of neuropsychiatric disorders. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-08-brain-ptsd-patients.html Wed, 07 Aug 2019 11:37:10 EDT news484396615 An analysis of three previous studies of children and young adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) quantifies for the first time the extent to which stimulant treatment reduces the development of mood disorders, school problems, conduct disorders, substance use disorders and other problems. The study led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators is being published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-treatment-outcomes-adhd.html Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:22:07 EDT news483085314 (HealthDay)—Children exposed to opioids in the womb may have heightened risks of long-term mental and physical health issues, a new study suggests. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-prenatal-opioid-exposure-long-term-kids.html Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:40:58 EDT news480944446 Much greater awareness, improved diagnosis and enhanced treatment are all required in order to reduce the burden on society of the severe behavioural condition conduct disorder, according to a new expert review led by the University of Bath (UK). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-society-heavy-price-failure-disorder.html Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:48:51 EDT news480858505 Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions implicated in emotion regulation. The findings of an international study carried out by researchers from the University of Zurich and others now offer a neurobiological explanation for the difficulties some girls have in controlling their emotions, and provide indications for possible therapy approaches. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-brain-antisocial-teenagers.html Tue, 28 May 2019 08:23:38 EDT news478250606 Behavioural problems in young people with severe antisocial behaviour—known as conduct disorder—could be caused by differences in the brain's wiring that link the brain's emotional centres together, according to new research led by the University of Birmingham. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-brain-wiring-differences-children-disorder.html Thu, 18 Apr 2019 20:00:01 EDT news474823171