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January 28, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi

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New Study Looks At Trauma Exposure And Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

January 28, 2025 08:00 by Patricia Tomasi  [About the Author]

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A new study published in the Lancet looked at associations between childhood trauma and childhood psychiatric disorders in Brazil. “This study looks at the impact of childhood trauma exposure on the mental health of adolescents at ages 15 and 18 in a Brazilian birth cohort,” study author Megan Bailey told us. Bailey is an ESRC-Funded PhD Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. [More]

January 14, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi

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New Study Looks At Mental Health Effects Of Exposure To Lead Over The Past 75 Years

January 14, 2025 08:00 by Patricia Tomasi  [About the Author]

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A new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry looked at the contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years. “We set out to determine the toll that leaded gasoline took on the US population’s mental health over the past century,” Dr. Aaron Reuben told us. “We knew it would be higher than anyone previously understood.” [More]

December 17, 2024
by Patricia Tomasi

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New Study Looks At The Effect Of Nature On The Mental Health Of Children

December 17, 2024 08:00 by Patricia Tomasi  [About the Author]

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A new study published in JAMA Network looked at a nature-based intervention and the mental health of schoolchildren. “We found that a 12-week nature-based intervention in Grades 5 and 6 did not lead to overall reductions in mental health symptoms, according to both per-protocol and intent-to-treat analyses,” study author Marie-Claude Geoffroy told us. [More]

November 28, 2024
by Elizabeth Pratt

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COVID-19 Lockdowns Transformed Family Dinners For The Better

November 28, 2024 08:00 by Elizabeth Pratt  [About the Author]

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COVID lockdowns caused many families to eat more meals at home, and it may have had an unexpected benefit. Research published in the journal Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice found that families who ate together more often during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced in increase in quality family time during dinners. [More]

October 22, 2024
by Patricia Tomasi

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New Study Looks At Lead Exposure And Folate In Pregnancy And Whether That Has Any Bearing On Autistic Behaviors In Children

October 22, 2024 08:00 by Patricia Tomasi  [About the Author]

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A new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives looked at the combined exposure to folate and lead during pregnancy and autistic-like behaviors among Canadian children from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) Pregnancy and Birth Cohort. “Our study assessed whether the relationship between blood-lead concentrations during pregnancy and childhood autistic behaviours could be mitigated by folate concentrations or folic acid supplementation,” study author Joshua D. Alampi told us. “We hypothesized that the relationship between lead and autistic behaviours would be stronger among study participants with low folic acid supplementation and lower plasma-folate concentrations.” [More]

October 1, 2024
by Patricia Tomasi

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New Study Looks At How Children Are Remembering The Pandemic

October 1, 2024 08:00 by Patricia Tomasi  [About the Author]

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A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at autobiographical memory for the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, psychological adjustment, and their relation over time. “We were interested in getting some insight on how children and adolescents thought about and remembered their lockdown experiences,” study author Dr. Tirill Fiellhaugen Hjuler from the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Aarhus University Hospital told us. [More]

September 24, 2024
by Patricia Tomasi

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New Study Looks At Insurance Laws And Access to Child Mental Health Care

September 24, 2024 08:00 by Patricia Tomasi  [About the Author]

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A new study published in JAMA Open Network looked at the the comprehensiveness of state insurance laws and perceived access to pediatric mental health care. “Our study investigated the association of the comprehensiveness of state mental and behavioral health insurance laws with caregiver perception of access to mental and behavioral health care for children in the United States,” study author Ashley A. Foster told us. “We also assessed the association of comprehensiveness of state mental and behavioral health insurance laws with caregiver perception of adequacy of mental and behavioral health insurance coverage.” [More]