New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) has found that socially isolated children are more likely to experience ADHD symptoms and loneliness as young adults despite other risk factors in childhood. The study, published in JCPP Advances, investigated...
Expertise based on experience matters. Young people who experience mental health challenges and treatment can provide unique insights that others do not have. Through roles such as youth advisors and peer researchers, they can put that knowledge to use. They are best placed to make a participant...
A UK-based research project, the largest of its kind on the subject, has suggested mindfulness training in schools might be a dead end—at least as a universal, one-size-fits-all approach. The study, which involved 28,000 children, 650 teachers and 100 schools, looked at the impact of mindfulness...
According to the new data, in 2021, more than a third (37%) of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44% reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. … [D]uring the pandemic: • More than half (55%)...
As health professionals dedicated to the care of children and adolescents, The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children’s Hospital Association call for seven actions to address the “soaring rates of mental health challenges among children,...
In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate. SOURCE: By Claire Cain Miller and Bianca Pallaro, May 29, 2022, New York Times: nyti.ms/3t5zABj #Children #Adolescent #MentalHealthintheNews
A coalition of state attorneys general is investigating TikTok for its potential effect on young people’s mental and physical health ( via CNBC ). The group of AGs is looking to see if the way TikTok designs, operates, and markets its platform has a negative effect on children, teens, and...
… [K]ids who played only individual sports, like tennis or gymnastics, tended to face more mental health difficulties, such as anxiety and depression or troubles with concentration, than peers who played no sports at all. Youngsters who participated exclusively in team sports, on the other hand,...
In September 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a new set of online tools to help teens, kids, and parents deal with the mental and emotional impacts of COVID-19. Videos and comic strip-style illustrated stories—in both English and Spanish—guide kids...
Talking to a parent about mental health can be scary. Many people report being afraid to tell their parents because they don’t want to upset them. Sometimes we don’t understand where troubling feelings or thoughts are coming from, or we feel guilty for having them. … Here are some of the most...