The Impact of Pharmacotherapy of Childhood-Onset Psychiatric Disorders on the Development of Substance Use Disorders | Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Source : https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cap.2022.0016
Background and Objective: Child- and adolescent-onset psychopathology is known to increase the risk for developing substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs). While pharmacotherapy is effective in treating pediatric psychiatric...
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ADHD Connect3yrKey Points • Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology • Conclusions: “Overall, pharmacological treatments for psychiatric disorders appear to mitigate the development of SUD [substance-use disorders], especially when treatment is initiated early and Show More
Individual trajectories of asthma, obesity and ADHD during the transition from childhood and adolescence to young adulthood
Source : https://edoc.rki.de/handle/176904/8074
The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) provides comprehensive and reliable data on the health situation of the upcoming generation. The KiGGS cohort accompanies participants...
Relevance: One aim of the study was to identify individual trajectories of these health disorders. For this purpose, probabilities for typical transitions from the KiGGS baseline study to KiGGS Wave 2 were calculated. An important result is that many participants who had asthma, obesity or ADHD at KiGGS baseline still had the disease more than...
Estimating prevalence of child and youth mental disorder and mental health-related service contacts: a comparison of survey data and linked administrative health data - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35586920/
Our findings suggest that conclusions drawn about prevalence, service contacts and sub-group differences in these estimates are dependent on data source. Further research is needed to understand who and what...
Genetics of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Source : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/7854_2022_338
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has long been recognized as being a highly heritable condition and our understanding of the genetic contributions to ADHD has grown over the past few decades....
Relevance: This chapter will discuss the studies that have examined its heritability and the efforts to identify specific genetic risk-variants at the molecular genetic level. We outline the various techniques that have been used to characterize genetic contributions to ADHD, describing what we have learnt so far, what there is still to learn...
Adherence to COVID-19 Protective Measures in a Longitudinal Sample of Male Youth - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Source : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12529-022-10090-w
Background Adherence to COVID-19 protective measures is lowest for young people and males. The current study investigated characteristics associated with adherence to COVID-19 protective measures among male youth during the...
Conclusion: The study identified demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral factors associated with adherence to COVID-19 protective behaviors among male youth. The findings illustrate characteristics that could be leveraged for targeted preventive efforts during the ongoing pandemic and future outbreaks in a low-compliance group.