Anyone who has ever tried to sing in a choir might have experienced how incredibly beautiful, and yet truly challenging, it is to blend different voices into a single polyphonic movement. This experience offers a vivid metaphor of the very idea of neurodiversity, with both the joys and the challenges it comes with. Our experience with a neurodiverse choir has convinced us that sharing this experience

I stood at the head of the resuscitation room as the nurses hooked a boy up to monitors. "Joshua is a 14-year-old boy, history of depression," the paramedic began. "One hour ago, he ingested a handful of Tylenol and 8 Benadryl. Dad found out at 6:10 pm and called an ambulance to bring him to the emergency department (ED). He was stable on the ambulance ride. Any questions?" I performed the initial

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are both highly heritable developmental psychiatric disorders and exhibit a high degree of comorbidity. Our objective is to enhance understanding of the transdiagnostic and diagnosis-specific structural alterations and related cellular and genetic pathophysiological mechanisms between ADHD and ASD.

We conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews (SRs), with or without meta-analysis (MA), of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing nonpharmacological sleep interventions for children and adolescents across various clinical populations.

OBJECTIVE To identify the COVID-19 impact on well-being/mental health, coping strategies and risk factors in adolescent worldwide. METHOD Anonymous online multi-national/language survey in the general population (representative/weighted non-representative samples, 14-17years), measuring change in well-being (WHO-5/range=0-100) and psychopathology (validated composite P-score/range=0-100), WHO-5 <50

We read with interest the paper "Meta-analysis: The Effectiveness of Youth Psychotherapy Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" by Venturo-Conerly et al. (2023).1 The paper presents results on the effectiveness of youth psychotherapies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from a systematic review and meta-analysis using rigorous, highly regarded methods. The authors should be commended

Rates of youth firearm injury deaths are precipitously increasing, in part because of increases in youth firearm suicides. State policies may reduce youth suicide and other firearm death rates by limiting access to firearms. This study evaluated the impact of child access prevention (CAP) laws on rates of youth firearm suicide mortality. We evaluated whether CAP law–associated changes in youth firearm

Indigenous Two Spirit (2S) and gender diverse (GD) youth in the United States are a population distinct for their resilience and joy, despite the legacy of settler colonialism and present-day manifestations of historical traumas. The process of settler colonialism in North America instigated a transition from celebration of 2SGD identities to violence and discrimination, often associated with homophobia

Adolescents with disrupted rest-activity rhythms (RARs), including shorter sleep duration, later sleep timing, and low physical activity levels, are at greater risk for mental health and behavioral problems. It remains unclear whether the same associations can be observed for within-subject changes in RARs.

Emotional dysregulation (ED) is a common and debilitating problem for children with autism and their families. However, little is known about early-onset patterns of dysregulation, associated risk factors, and child and family outcomes. This study aimed to characterize trajectories of ED in an inception cohort of preschool-age children with autism.

Although many factors predict adolescent depression, risks that operate as necessary conditions (ie, absence of the factor conveys absence of the outcome) have been largely unexplored. This study aimed to evaluate which psychosocial risk factors might serve as necessary conditions for future onset of depression across adolescence.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with lower birth weight, but also with obesity in childhood. Findings on the direction of this association are mixed. This study investigated the relationship between weight and ADHD from birth across development.

The aim of this study was to assess the promotive and protective effects of parental and peer racial–ethnic socialization (RES) on adolescents’ psychological well-being in the context of racial–ethnic discrimination. We hypothesized that RES would buffer the pernicious effects of discrimination on well-being by promoting more proactive coping (problem solving, seeking social support) and less avoidant

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with high heritability. A total of 27 genome-wide significant loci for ADHD were previously identified through genome-wide association studies (GWASs), but the identification of risk genes that confer susceptibility to ADHD has remained largely unexplored.

The study by Vivanti et al.1 represents a significant contribution to research on autism screening. This cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) sought to determine whether the implementation of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/F)2 during routine well-child check-ups could improve the early identification and referral rates for autism spectrum disorder

To examine the magnitude of placebo response in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of medications for Tourette’s disorder.

This study reports 3-year effects of a parent–teen cognitive/behavioral treatment for adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), blended with Motivational Interviewing (Supporting Teens’ Autonomy Daily [STAND]), vs Usual Care (UC) in 4 community clinics.

Youth criminal justice systems are under growing pressure to reduce re-offending behavior and to support young people’s health and developmental needs. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to synthesise evidence for 2 prominent community-based interventions for delinquent and antisocial behavior, namely, multisystemic therapy (MST) and functional family therapy (FFT).

Offspring of mothers with depression are at increased risk for executive function (EF) deficits and later depressive symptoms, but limited studies have examined EF as an intermediary pathway. This study examined the role of EF in mediating the association between maternal and child depressive symptoms.

We tested whether the implementation of standardized, high-fidelity screening for autism during routine well-child check-ups results in the following: increasing the number of children with suspected autism referred to diagnostic evaluation; lowering the age at which they are referred; and facilitating autism diagnosis for children across a more diverse range of demographic backgrounds and clinical

In this Letter to the Editor, we examine a case of catatonia in a 37-month-old child with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-positive acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). To our knowledge, this is one of the youngest cases of non-drug-related catatonia reported in the literature.1,2 We will discuss how this patient's symptoms of catatonia responded to pharmacologic interventions

Although parenting programs are the most widely used approach to reduce disruptive behavior in children, there is a notable lack of understanding of the exact changes in parenting that underlie their effects. Challenges include the frequent use of composite measures of parenting behavior and insufficient power to detect mediation effects and individual differences in these in individual trials.

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth are at disproportionately higher rates of being involved in the youth legal system compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers.1-3 Research highlights that mental health symptoms and suicidal ideation and behavior are more common among SGM legally involved youth (LIY) compared to LIY who are not SGM,4 which calls upon the urgent need to build research efforts

The influence of caregivers on child and adolescent development and psychopathology risk is well documented over decades of research. However, for far too long, the focus has been squarely on mothers; it has treated fathers as indirect or secondary influences on their children's development, and paternal psychopathology, parenting practices, or attachment relationships have received relatively limited

The self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is widely used globally; hence, the validity of the intergroup comparisons is essential. This study examined the structure of the self-report SDQ in a large multinational adolescent sample, tested its measurement invariance across genders and countries, and compared youth mental health in 12 European and Asian countries.