Child Adolescent Psychiatry
It is important for mental health professionals to be familiar with research findings about widely used complementary and alternative medicine treatments of ADHD in order to provide patients with accurate information on efficacy, safety,and appropriate use.
Child Adolescent Psychiatry
This article covers the spread of substance use problems in adolescents and some of the currently available scientifically proven behavioral treatments for these conditions.
Traumatic brain injury, criminal responsibility, traumatic stress, and autism spectrum/neurodevelopmental disorders slideshow
The bullying prevention program is very popular but not very effective because bullying is an inevitable part of life.
What are the options for treating major depressive disorder in children and adolescents? This case offers readers a chance to give their feedback and to interact with the authors, who will present teaching points based on your comments.
It is important for clinicians to address the issue of friendships when evaluating and treating children. Parents should be apprised about the critical need for a best friend or friends for their children.
A new screening tool based on the previously developed mnemonic designed to assist physicians with obtaining a psychosocial history from adolescents as part of a routine visit was developed by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
The role of prevention of trauma and prevention of functional impairment after trauma is paramount, because this may disrupt the accumulated physiological and psychological effect of stressors in the individual.
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The bullying prevention program is very popular but not very effective because bullying is an inevitable part of life.
Which CPT billing codes should you use when working with adolescents if there's a need for a clinician to meet with parents separately? Here to discuss is Dr Saundra Jain.
In this final of a 3-part podcast series, Brian Smith, MD, discusses the how’s, the why’s, and the treatment options for adolescents who harm themselves.
In Part 2 of this podcast series, Dr Smith continues his discussion of the practice of nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents.
In this podcast, Dr Smith discusses the practice of nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents—cutting, burning, self-hitting or banging, scratching, interfering with wound healing—may be increasing.
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