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Stimulants Do Not Cause Psychosis: New Research

ADDitude

used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, a longitudinal study that followed 8,391 children ages 9 to 14, for a year. Children who take stimulants are more likely to experience severe ADHD symptoms and additional mental health comorbidities ; these factors, and not the stimulants, likely account for the association.

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WPA Supporting World Mental Health Day 2024: Mental Health at Work

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

Onthe 10thofOctober(Thursday), the global community unites once again to celebrate World Mental Health Day (WMHD), an initiative organised by the World Federation for Mental Health(WFMH)and endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Although in-person attendance isstrictlylimited,you can join via live stream.

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Promise and Responsibility: Big Data and AI in Youth Mental Health

Child Mind Intitute

Watch the Recording In this conversation, Yuki Kotani of the Child Mind Institute talks to Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD , director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, about the ethics of artificial intelligence, consent, and privacy in digital youth mental health research and interventions. Another is privacy.

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ADHD-Obesity Link Weakens in Big Cities: New Research

ADDitude

1 Obesity-related health conditions , such as heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, are tied to excess abdominal fat. CDES, during the ADDitude webinar Eating with ADHD: Improving Your Relationship with Food. At the same time, access to education and mental health services tends to grow faster than the population.

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Why People See Their Pets as Family Members

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Men and women across all age groups fed, protected, and emotionally supported kids, not just their own, she said. Population health data show that global fertility rates have fallen by 50% over the past 70 years. Extended family networks disappeared, while families chose to have fewer children.

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Ethics & Equity: Studying Social Media’s Impact Through Youth-Centered Participatory Research

Child Mind Intitute

They talk about how including youth in research on tech and mental health can improve access to care by making digital care solutions fit the needs of more diverse populations. Unfortunately, any research study involving participants under the age of 18 is rare because it is difficult to ethically do.

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How Epigenetics Could Revolutionize ADHD Care

ADDitude

A 101 on Epigenetics Reading Genes Genes play an important role in shaping a wide range of traits and characteristics, from hair and eye color to susceptibility to mental health conditions. Epigenetic alterations have been linked to numerous poor health outcomes. Sources 1 Edlow AG. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(10):e2129674.