Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Attention deficit disorders

Making bicycling safer for kids with ADHD

Child development experts have long known that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely to have an accident while crossing the street on their bicycles.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Unemployment takes its toll on young people's mental health

Young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are committed to working but vulnerable to experiencing mental health problems, according to a new study by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, ...

Attention deficit disorders

Estimates of childhood ADHD worldwide differ significantly

(HealthDay)—About 7 percent of children worldwide have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research concludes. The study was published online March 3 in Pediatrics.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Low-income boys fare worse in wealth's shadow

Low-income boys fare worse, not better, when they grow up alongside more affluent neighbors, according to new findings from Duke University. In fact, the greater the economic gap between the boys and their neighbors, the ...

Autism spectrum disorders

Group classes teach parents effective autism therapy, study finds

Parents can learn to use a scientifically validated autism therapy with their own children by taking a short series of group classes, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard ...

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