News tagged with pediatric psychology


Child's cancer often causes parents severe distress: study

(HealthDay)—Many parents of children with advanced cancer have high to severe levels of psychological distress, a new study finds.

Pediatrics created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Parents will push for medication, even if doc says not needed

(HealthDay)—When doctors use quick-and-easy disease labels to sum up symptoms of concern in an otherwise healthy infant, parents are more apt to want to treat their child with some type of medication, even ...

Pediatrics created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

What heals traumatized kids? Answers are lacking

Shootings and other traumatic events involving children are not rare events, but there's a startling lack of scientific evidence on the best ways to help young survivors and witnesses heal, a government-funded ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

30 percent of teen girls report meeting offline with someone they met online

A new study highlights the risk that female teenagers face when they go online – a risk heightened for teen girls who have been victims of abuse or neglect.

Pediatrics created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds anxiety linked to chest pain in children

(Medical Xpress)—Psychological factors can have as much—or more—impact on pediatric chest pain as physical ones, a University of Georgia study found recently. UGA psychologists discovered pediatric patients diagnosed ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Overweight teens get mental health boost from even small amounts of exercise

Being obese at any age is commonly associated with a litany of health issues, ranging from diabetes and chronic fatigue to heart complications. Overweight adolescents are also at an increased risk of body dissatisfaction, ...

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Girls with ADHD at risk for self-injury, suicide attempts as young adults, says new research

Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are significantly more likely to attempt suicide or injure themselves as young adults than girls who do not have ADHD, according to research published by the American Psychological ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Depressed moms' behavior may play role in infants' sleep problems

Depressed mothers are more likely to needlessly wake up their infants at night than mothers who are not depressed, according to Penn State researchers.

Health created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests children's food choices are affected by direct advertising and parental influence

Directly advertising food items to children worries many parents and health care providers, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have expressed concern about the negative impact ...

Health created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New clinical trial to examine medication to treat social withdrawal in Fragile X and autism

Children and adults with social withdrawal due to Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and the most common known single gene cause of autism, may benefit from an experimental drug ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Length of parental military deployment associated with children's mental health diagnoses

Children with a parent who was deployed in the U.S. military efforts Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) for longer periods were more likely than children whose parents did not deploy to receive ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast