Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Journal Articles

• Anesthesia and Developing Brains: Unanswered Questions Whether or not commonly used anesthetic agents are detrimental to neurodevelopment in children remains a source of intense debate. This review aims to summarize the issues and current evidence.
  Anesthesiology, March 17, 2022
• HIIT for Cognitive and Mental Health in Youth Could HIIT have a role in improving mental health and cognition among children and adolescents?
  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, November 02, 2020
• Management of Agitated Children and Adolescents in the ED This paper presents consensus guidelines regarding the management of agitation among children and adolescents in the ED.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, May 28, 2019
• CBT and Anxiety, Depression, and QoL in Youth With IBS Compared with standard medical care only, how effective is a disease-specific CBT for reducing the level of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents and young adults with IBD?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, January 02, 2019
• Health Risk Behaviors and Depression in Adolescents Can an intervention designed to reduce health risk behaviors such as smoking, substance abuse, unsafe sex, and unhealthy diet reduce depressive symptoms in adolescent patients?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, December 19, 2018
• PTS Trajectory in Parents of Children With a Serious Illness How resilient are parents of children with life-threatening illnesses or injuries? This study examined patterns of psychological distress and posttraumatic stress in such parents.
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, December 03, 2018
• Cognitive Performance After Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Evidence in adults suggests that improvements in cognitive performance may result from the significant weight loss following bariatric surgery. Does the same hold true for adolescents?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, November 02, 2018
• Enhanced CBT for Patients With Eating Disorders Is CBT-E an effective treatment for adults with an eating disorder? This review examined the latest evidence for its efficacy in bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and transdiagnostic samples.
  Current Opinion in Psychiatry, October 19, 2018
• Suffocation Injuries in the United States What do we know about the characteristics of patients presenting with suffocation injuries and the factors associated with mortality after these injuries?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, October 02, 2018
• Risk Factors for Suicidality in Patients With Schizophrenia Up to 25-50% of patients with schizophrenia attempt suicide--a much greater proportion than in the general population. What are the risk factors for suicidal ideation and suicide in this group?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, September 07, 2018
• Barriers to Transition From Pediatric to Adult Care This systemic review summarizes recent literature on barriers to transition from pediatric to adult care across pediatric illness populations.
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, September 03, 2018
• ADHD and Alternative Tobacco Product Use During Adolescence Are ADHD symptoms a risk factor for increased likelihood of e-cigarette use in adolescents? What might be the psychosocial mechanisms underlying the pathway from ADHD to e-cigarettes?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, August 02, 2018
• Binge Eating and Compensatory Behaviors in Adolescence This study aimed to describe the prevalence and natural course of binge eating, purging, compensatory exercise, and fasting across the early and mid-adolescent years for both girls and boys.
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, June 15, 2018
• Helping the Smallest Patients Cope Find out about certified child life specialists, and learn how they could be an integral part of a child's coping experience.
  Pediatric Nursing, June 04, 2018
• Transitional Services for Teens and Young Adults With ADHD How can we ease the transition from pediatric to adult care for late adolescents with ADHD?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, April 06, 2018
• Rebellious Behaviors in Adolescents With Epilepsy How prevalent is risk-taking in adolescents with epilepsy, and how do these behaviors impact seizure activity and health-related quality-of-life?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, March 06, 2018
• ECT for Manic State in a Bipolar, OCD Teenager Should electroconvulsive therapy be considered in young patients with severe mania when first-line treatment options have failed?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 29, 2018
• Risk-taking, Peer-influence and Child Maltreatment This neurocognitive study investigated the relationship of childhood maltreatment with risk-taking and risk sensitivity and the influence of peers on risk behavior.
  Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, January 22, 2018
• Is Drinking Contagious? Analysis of a Drinking Behavior Theory This study explored the effect of social norms on problematic alcohol use by adolescents, while considering the collectivity of drinking cultures theory and the concept of behavioral contagion.
  Alcohol and Alcoholism, January 15, 2018
• Interventions for ADHD in Children and Teens How effective is ADHD coaching as a behavioral intervention for children and adolescents?
  Pediatric Nursing, January 08, 2018