OBJECTIVES Emotional dysregulation is a common and debilitating problem for autistic children and their families. However, we know little about early-onset patterns of dysregulation, associated risk factors, and child and family outcomes. We aimed to characterize trajectories of emotional dysregulation in an inception cohort of autistic preschoolers. METHOD Caregivers reported on the emotional dysregulation

OBJECTIVE Although many factors predict adolescent depression, risks that operate as necessary conditions (i.e., the absence of the factor conveys the 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. METHOD At baseline we assessed cognitive and personality

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.

OBJECTIVE 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

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.