Health
Structured school days can keep kids healthy. How can we maintain it over school holidays?
Every parent knows kids spend their time differently when they're on holidays. Our new research found out just how differently.
Dec 27, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Screen time linked to OCD in US preteens
During the holidays, kids often spend more time on screens, leaving parents to wonder: Is it causing harm? Possibly.
Dec 12, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Routine screening policy for all adult primary care patients could significantly improve depression diagnosis
Depression is a costly and debilitating condition that profoundly influences a person's quality of life. In 2020, more than 21 million adults in the U.S. reported having at least one major depressive episode in the previous ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health, substance use issues prevalent among nonpsychiatric emergency room patients
A new study by Indiana University researchers has found that about 45% of patients who visit the emergency department for physical injuries and ailments also have mental health and substance use problems that are often overlooked. ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parenting in a post-pandemic world
If you're a parent or child caretaker, the news can feel especially daunting in these post-pandemic times. Math and reading proficiency levels among fourth- and eighth-graders across the U.S. dropped precipitously between ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Pediatrics
Some screen time better than none during children's concussion recovery
Too much screen time can slow children's recovery from concussions, but new research from UBC and the University of Calgary suggests that banning screen time is not the answer.
Oct 17, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New guidelines recommend screening children 8 to 18 for anxiety disorders
According to the CDC, 9.4% of children and adolescents had an anxiety disorder in 2019. Up to one in five youth aged 18 or younger will experience a mental health condition at some point in their lives.
Oct 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Task force recommends anxiety screening for all adults under 65
In what amounts to a public acknowledgement that anxiety disorders have run rampant during the pandemic, an influential expert panel is recommending for the first time that all American adults under the age of 65 be screened ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
US adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says
U.S. doctors should regularly screen all adults under 65 for anxiety, an influential health guidelines group proposed Tuesday.
Sep 20, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study recommends extra caution in screening for depression in teens with diabetes
The scoring results of widely used depression-screening tools should be carefully adjusted to better detect the condition in teenagers with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), according to a new study published in the journal ...
Sep 14, 2022
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