Substance Use in Children and Adolescents

Screening and diagnosis of children and adults

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children

Hypopituitarism in Children Resulting in Short Stature

Somatropin Hgh rDNA Pfizer

What is GENOTROPIN? GENOTROPIN (somatropin [rDNA origin] for injection) is a growth hormone treatment. It is an exact copy of the natural growth hormone that our bodies make. The main difference i...

Some children with autism lose symptoms and diagnosis as they grow older

Some children who are accurately diagnosed in early childhood with autism lose the symptoms and the diagnosis as they grow older, a study supported by the National Institutes of Health has conf​irme...

For Some Children, Autism Symptoms May Fade With Age

TUESDAY, Jan. 15 -- Some children who are diagnosed with autism at an early age will ultimately shed all signs and symptoms of the disorder as they enter adolescence or young adulthood, a new analysis...

Concussions affect children's brains even after symptoms subside

Brain changes in children who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, persist for months following injury—even after the symptoms of the injury are gone, according to a study pu...

ADHD symptoms 'present in most children who stutter'

Over half of school-age children who stutter have sufficient attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms to warrant referral for clinical evaluation, the results of a US study of parental report...

Atomoxetine Reduces ADHD Symptoms in Children With Autism

This study is an important step in building an evidence base for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorders. Evidence-Based Mental...

Children May Outgrow Autism

As children age, some who were diagnosed as autistic lose their symptoms and their autism diagnosis. The new research, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and conducted by a gr...

Majority Of Young Children Still Suffer ADHD Symptoms Despite Treatment

Nine out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious, often severe symptoms and impairment long after their original dia...

Can Children Lose Their Autism Diagnosis?

As children age, some who were diagnosed as autistic lose their symptoms and their autism diagnosis. The new research, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and conducted by a gr...

Neglected Children, Shame-Proneness, and Depressive Symptoms.

Neglected children may be at increased risk for depressive symptoms. This study examines shame-proneness as an outcome of child neglect and as a potential explanatory variable in the relation between...

Children's symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression after a natural disaster: Comorbidity and risk factors.

The current study examined rates of comorbidity among children's symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS) and depression after a natural disaster, Hurricane Ike. We also compared children with comorbid...

Dissimilarity in Vulnerability: Self-Reported Symptoms Among Children with Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence.

Children with experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) are at risk. Not all children, however, display symptoms, and differences connected to gender and age have been demonstrated. In this explo...

Parent-Reported Gastro-intestinal Symptoms in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

The objective of this study is to investigate whether parentally-reported gastro-intestinal (GI) symptoms are increased in a population-derived sample of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)...

Prospective Relations Between Parental Depression, Negative Expressiveness, Emotional Insecurity, and Children's Internalizing Symptoms.

Building on the conceptual framework of emotional security theory (Davies and Cummings in Psychol Bull 116:387-411, 1994), this study longitudinally examined multiple factors linking parental depressi...