Child and Adolescent

Caregiver Perceptions of the Food Marketing Environment of African-American 3-11-Year-Olds: A Qualitative Study.

...  site consumed significantly less energy (-21 %, P < 0·001), sodium (-23 %, P < 0·001), saturated fat (-33 %, P < 0·001) and total fat (-37 %, P < 0·001) than patrons at the control site.A nutritional programme, including nutrition information on menus and improved nutrition profile of food offerings, was associated with substantial reductions in energy, sodium and fat consumption. The results are consistent with a positive impact of menu labelling. HubMed – eating   Accuracy of Child and Adolescent Weight Perceptions and Their Relationships to Dieting and Exercise Behaviors: A NHANES Study. Acad Pediatr. 2013 Jul-Aug; 13(4): 371-8Chung AE, Perrin EM, Skinner AC Recent public health… Continue reading

Short-Term Therapeutic Effects of 890-Nanometer Light Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study.

...  a two-year Foundation training program is a must, and, at the end of the first year, trainees become eligible for full registration with the “regulator,” the General Medical Council; after finishing the second year, they become eligible to undertake… Continue reading

Stages of Mental Health:From Depression to Despair, Dr. CPoe1

...  adults takes mental health medications, report finds She also suggested awareness of mental-health disorders has removed the stigma, and has led people to doctors even when symptoms like low energy, moodiness or depression are acute instead of chronic. Desai… Continue reading

Latent Subtypes of Depression in a Community Sample of Older Adults: Can Depression Clusters Predict Future Depression Trajectories?

...  are reviewed, with a focus on their use for treating major depressive disorder in children and adolescents and also for alleviating depressed mood in the general (nonclinical) population of youth. For each treatment discussed, all published randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled… Continue reading

FACTORS IMPACTING DECISIONS to DECLINE or ADHERE to ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATION in PERINATAL WOMEN WITH MOOD and ANXIETY DISORDERS.

...  drugs for depression in children and adolescents is now uncommon, but an accurate estimate of their efficacy is helpful as a comparator for other drug treatments for depression in this age group. This is an update of a Cochrane… Continue reading

[Influence of Diet Behaviors on Height Among Children and Adolescents in China: A Multiple Level Analysis].

...  a multiple level analysis]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao. 2013 Jun 18; 45(3): 370-5Fu LG, Ma J, Wang HJ, Hu PJ, Song Y, Liu JS, Zhang ZL, Shang XR, Yang YD To categorize gowth and development stages among children… Continue reading

Epidemiological and Clinical Characterization Following a First Psychotic Episode in Major Depressive Disorder: Comparisons With Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder in the Cavan-Monaghan First Episode Psychosis Study (CAMFEPS).

...  of bipolar disorders in adolescents: About 30 cases. Tunis Med. 2013 May; 91(5): 300-3Hadjkacem I, Ayadi H, Walha A, Khmekhem K, Moalla Y, Ghribi F Background: Bipolar disorders in adolescence are of a great importance, partly because of the… Continue reading

Childhood Depression With Dr. Andrea Thomas

...  Depression with Dr. Andrea Thomas – Dr. Andrea Thomas, a pediatric psychiatrist at Brookwood Medical Center, appeared on Ask the Doctor during the Fox 6 Noon News. In honor of Mental Health Awa…   A Better Way to Treat… Continue reading

Drug Rehab Views Afghanistan S Opium Poppy Industry Is Blooming

...  drugs in development for treatment of osteoarthritis The researchers' previous work, funded by the Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, has shown that drugs can stop the effects of the molecule in animal models with inflammatory arthritis and… Continue reading

Successfully Launching Adolescents With Eating Disorders to College: The Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist’s Perspective.

...  Launching Adolescents With Eating Disorders to College: The Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist’s Perspective. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 Jun; 52(6): 559-561Derenne JL HubMed – eating   Different subtypes of impulsivity differentiate uncontrolled eating and dietary restraint. Appetite.… Continue reading