Link between domestic violence and perinatal mental health disorders
Women who have mental health disorders around the time of birth are more likely to have previously experienced domestic violence, according to a study led by researchers from Kings College London and the University of Bristol and published in this week’s PLOS Medicine. The research, led by Professor Louise Howard from King’s College London and [...]
More Kids Accidentally Ingesting Marijuana Following New Drug Policies
Getty Images / Getty Images Thanks to more relaxed laws for medical marijuana users, and with the first states legalizing recreational pot, junior may be more likely to ingest marijuana in dangerously high doses. At least 18 states allow medical marijuana, and the likelihood that more kids will encounter it at home only increases with [...]
ADHD May Prime Boys for Obesity
Getty Images ADHD has been linked to struggles with drugs and alcohol, less schooling and more arrests, but the latest study shows it may also contribute to problems with weight as well. In the study published in Pediatrics, researchers connected the impulsive behavior that can characterize attention deficit-hyerpeactivity disorder (ADHD) with the over-eating that contributes [...]
Mental health disorders among Australian parents on the rise
Photo: Researchers say the number of parents with a mental illness is rising steadily every year. (Giulio Saggin, file photo: ABC News) A new study has found the number of parents with mental illness increased by three per cent every year between 1990 to 2005. The study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, is the [...]
Groundbreaking mental health study to be repeated 30 years later
A sweeping study of children’s mental health is being updated (Getty Images ) A Hamilton study that became the gold standard globally for measuring children’s mental health is being updated and will once again be lead by Hamilton experts. The Ontario Child Health Study was co-authored by the late Dr. Dan Offord in 1983 and [...]
One in five U.S. kids has a mental health disorder, CDC reports
Released Thursday, the report represents the government’s first comprehensive look at mental disorders in children. It focuses on diagnoses in six areas: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioral or conduct disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse, and Tourette syndrome. The most common mental disorder among children aged 3 through 17 is ADHD. Nearly [...]
Connecticut lags in kids’ mental health screening
By Lisa Chedekel - Conn. Health I-Team Writer Selenia Velez remembers the near daily phone calls from the pre-school, alerting her that her 2-year-old son had acted out aggressively and needed to be picked up immediately. The calls went on for months, as Velez, 27, of Hartford, and her husband bounced between the pre-school and their [...]
Psychopaths and Callous Children Show Dysfunctional Brain Responses to People In Pain
Jose Luis Pelaez / Getty Images Children who cruelly disregard other people’s pain and psychopathic criminal offenders show dysfunction in similar brain regions— but new research finds that the changes may lead in opposite directions. Two new studies add to conflicting literature that sometimes shows reduced activation in some nodes of a brain network involved [...]
What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia was brought to the limelight with Darsheel Safary, playing a dyslexic child in the film Taare Zameen Par. According to experts, dyslexia goes undetected as parents presume their child is either slow at learning or is not putting enough effort into studies. But in reality, dyslexia is a neuro development disorder that can be [...]
Majority of Doctors Do Not Follow Treatment Guidelines For ADHD
Getty Images More than 90% of pediatric specialists who diagnose and manage ADHD in preschoolers do not follow the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical treatment guidelines. That’s the conclusion of researchers from the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, who sent a Preschool ADHD Treatment Questionnaire (PATQ) to a random sample of 3,000 [...]
