Q&A: How Pediatricians Can Improve LGBTQ Mental Healthcare
Pediatricians have a significant role in gender-affirming care for LGBTQ youth, who may not have access to LGBTQ-specific services in mental health facilities.
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Discrimination Increases Risk for Subsequent Suicidal Ideation
Self-reported experiences of discrimination increase youth’s risk for suicidal ideation a year later, according to a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Natasha A. Schvey, PhD, and colleagues used data from 10,312...
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Recommendations Updated for Flu Vaccine in Children
Recommendations have been updated for influenza vaccination among U.S. children for the 2023 to...
Read MoreDepression Unusual in Children Younger Than 13
Depression in children aged younger than 13 is uncommon and did not increase substantially between 2004 and 2019, according to a review published in JAMA Pediatrics. Michael Spoelma, PhD-candidate, and colleagues performed a...
Read MoreEmbracing Our Humanity as Clinicians
I struggled to hold back the tears as the patient told me how his memory was failing and he knew he was developing dementia because of his family’s history. To handle all the terrible things we see in medicine, we often put up...
Read MoreBMI Increase During Pandemic Highest Among Adolescent Girls
There were significantly greater increases in BMI over time among adolescents aged 10-12 during the COVID-19 pandemic versus before the pandemic, according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics. Elizabeth R. Sowell,...
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