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·May 21, 2022·3 min read

Social Isolation in Childhood Is Associated With ADHD Symptoms and Loneliness in Young Adulthood

Young children who experience social isolation are at risk of being diagnosed with ADHD and face loneliness as adults, a new study reports.

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·May 20, 2022·4 min read

Children Who Play Adventurously Have Better Mental Health

Adventurous play, especially when conducted outdoors, was associated with reduced anxiety and depression in children.

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·May 20, 2022·4 min read

New Research Challenges Established Ideas About Infant Crying

The duration of a baby's crying decreases significantly after five weeks of age, but crying remains an important part of a child's communication repertoire after the age of six months.

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·May 19, 2022·4 min read

Medication Treatment of Pediatric Psychiatric Disorders Reduces the Later Onset of Substance Use Problems

Using psychiatric medications to treat mental health disorders in children and adolescents does not increase the risk of developing substance use disorders later in life. In fact, pharmacological interventions reduce the risk of developing SUD for those with MDD, ADHD, and psychotic disorders.

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·May 19, 2022·4 min read

Childhood Circumstances and Personality Traits Are Associated With Loneliness in Older Age

A combination of personality traits and childhood circumstances account for why some older people experience loneliness more than others. Lonely adults over 50 were 1.24 times more likely to have rarely, or never, had comfortable friendships during childhood, and 1.34 times more likely to have had poor relationships with their mothers as children.

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·May 17, 2022·4 min read

Concussion Symptoms in Children May Have Multiple Underlying Causes

Researchers report different types of brain injuries caused by concussions in children may lead to similar symptoms.

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·May 16, 2022·5 min read

Binge Drinking Has a Powerful Impact on the Adolescent Brain

Adolescent binge drinking has vast functional implications on the developing brain, researchers report. Binge drinking decreases function in areas responsible for sensory, motor, memory, and cognitive processes.

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·May 15, 2022·6 min read

AI Predicts Infant Age and Gender Based on Temperament

Before the 48-week mark of life, it is easier for an AI algorithm to determine the exact age of a baby, but not its gender based on temperament data. After 48 weeks, gender classification improved for all algorithms, suggesting gender differences in infancy become more accentuated at this point in life.

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·May 15, 2022·5 min read

Children With History of Maltreatment Could Undergo an Early Maturation of the Immune System

Study links acute stress as a result of childhood maltreatment to accelerated early maturation of the immune system.

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·May 14, 2022·5 min read

Common Fungicide Detected in Pregnant Women and Children

Researchers have detected biomarkers for the common fungicide azoxystrobin (AZ) in the urine of pregnant women and children between the ages of 40-84 months. In mouse models, AZ entered the brains of mice in-utero and killed some embryonic cortical neurons.

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·May 13, 2022·7 min read

Increased Mutations in Children Can Be Traced Back to Mistakes in Father’s Sperm

Hypermutation in children may be linked to increased mutations in the sperm of the biological father, especially fathers who received certain forms of chemotherapy to treat cancer early in life.