Pediatrics
App boosts preschoolers' motor skills
Preventing childhood obesity could soon take a major "hop" forward with an app that teaches kids to do just that, and to skip, run and throw a ball.
Jun 7, 2022
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News tagged with childhood illness
Psychology & Psychiatry
Childhood adversity is a 'cause of causes' of adult illnesses and mental health problems
Every day we are exposed to things like pollution and ultraviolet light which increase our risk of illness. Many people take on additional risks—due to tobacco smoke, fast food or alcohol, for example.
Feb 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adults with ADHD four times more likely to have generalized anxiety disorder
A new nationally representative study published online in the Journal of Affective Disorders found that one in four adults aged 20-39 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
Nov 18, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
Study: Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic
A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an "alarming" increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.
Sep 16, 2021
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Attention deficit disorders
Half of adults with ADHD have had a substance use disorder
Half of adults aged 20-39 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have had a substance use disorder (SUD) in their lifetime according to new research published online ahead of print this month in Alcohol and ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adverse childhood experiences and at-risk drinking, cannabis, and illicit drug use
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that adverse childhood experiences, often referred to as child maltreatment, are associated with increased odds ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A toxic trio of parental problems strongly linked to childhood sexual abuse
A new study has found that adults who had parents who struggled with substance dependence, intimate partner violence and mental illness are more than 10 times more likely to have been victims of childhood sexual abuse than ...
Aug 25, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Majority of childhood sex-abuse survivors achieve complete mental health
Most research on child sexual-abuse survivors focuses on negative consequences such as depression and suicide. A new study instead examines factors associated with resilience and flourishing among adult survivors.
Nov 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Abused or neglected children are four times more likely to develop serious mental illness, study finds
A study by the University of Birmingham has shown that children who have experienced child abuse or neglect are four times more likely to develop serious mental illness such as psychoses, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Sep 27, 2019
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Pediatrics
Three parent factors that heighten the prevalence of childhood physical abuse
Adults who had parents who struggled with addiction, intimate partner violence and mental illness are more than 30 times more likely to have been victims of childhood physical abuse than those whose parents did not have these ...
Jun 11, 2019
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