• CBT in the Public Schools: Reducing Depression and Parental Stress

    A very small study present at the ADAA conference in April looked at a CBT intervention in a semirural public school setting.  The intervention involved sessions with both the child and parent/caregiver and focused on “positive parenting practices and improvement in family communication problems” (308.)  This small study showed promising results with the kids reporting [...]

  • Manualized CBT Helps Depressed/Anxious Kids in Primary Care Doc’s Office

    A pilot study presented at the ADAA National Conference explored the use of manualized CBT in primary care settings.  In the study, an eight session treatment had a protocol for anxiety and an additional protocol for depression.  The protocols had a focus on “graded engagement” which is described as a combination between exposure (anxiety) and [...]

  • Preventing Depression Through Resilience Training

    The most exciting development in child mental health, for me, is the focus on prevention.  If we can intervene earlier with kids it is clearly shown that we can make a bigger difference and improve the long-term outcome in significant ways.  However, early intervention has never focused on mental health and mood disorders to a [...]

  • Standard Testing May Not Show Full IQ in People with Autism

    New Canadian research shows that people with Autism use different parts of their brain than non-autistic controls to solve problems.  Additionally, they are 40% faster at reasoning parts of IQ tests.
    The lead author of the research, Isabelle Soulieres, found that people with autism relied more on visual processing than the controls.  Dr. Soulieres theorizes that [...]

  • Weight Concerns Lead to Higher Suicidality in Teens

    Adolescent depression is under focus right now, and the latest research shows that teens who are either overweight or who believe they are overweight are more likely to attempt suicide than normal weight teens.  This finding was equally true for male and female adolescents.  
    As pediatricians and other providers look to increase screening for adolescent [...]

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