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Pandemic Expansion of Telehealth Has Improved Access for Kids in Child Welfare System: Report
February 8, 2021 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
This report details the findings of a new survey out of New York, which shows that the expansion of telehealth, due to lifted restrictions since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in better access to mental health care for families involved in the state’s child welfare system.
Researchers Call for Youth Exercise Programs in Inpatient Mental Health
June 7, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
This article looks at recent research that examined the benefits of implementing exercise and diet-based interventions with young people in residential and inpatient treatment facilities, from both a treatment outcomes and human rights standpoint.
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How Therapists Are Using TikTok to Reach Teens & Talk Mental Health
May 28, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
Therapists are using popular social media and content creation platform TikTok to introduce young people to the concept of therapy and share mental health education.
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Youth who understand mental illness more likely to ask for help later
May 28, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
A new study looked at how education on mental health and stigma impacts the likelihood of young people seeking help for mental illness.
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Study shows 14% decline in pediatrician visits
March 9, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
A new study found a 14% decline in pediatrician visits among children with private insurance, while behavioral and psychiatric visits increased. Preventative visits also increased, perhaps due to the fact that the Affordable Care Act had eliminated copays for this type of visit. This article discusses the implications of these findings.
in children with private insurance. behavioral and psychiatric visits increased. preventative care visits also increased – this was during the time when ACA eliminated copays for these findings.
Research: Bullying Perpetration Associated with Internalizing Problems
December 13, 2019 | Emily Taylor
A new study at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health published recently online in the Journal of Public Health found that youths who reported being perpetrators of bullying were more likely to develop mental health problems compared to those who did not report being perpetrators of bullying.
The senior author, Silvia Martins, MD, PhD, is quoted, “Our findings provide an important extension to previous literature, and indicate that bullying behaviors prevention and intervention strategies among youth should consider how to take into account and handle negative feelings and mental health problems.”
Child Trends Brief: Applying the Research and Evaluation Provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act
November 19, 2019 | Emily Taylor
Child Trends has published a brief with information for state agencies, legislators, and researchers on the Family First Act. The brief outlines research and evaluation requirements for prevention and kinship services currently eligible for federal reimbursement under the Family First Act.
2019 Children’s Mental Health Report: Social Media, Gaming and Mental Health
October 16, 2019 | Emily Taylor
The Child Mind Institute’s “2019 Children’s Mental Health Report: Social Media, Gaming and Mental Health” is intended to help parents, professionals and policymakers better understand the online lives of children and adolescents. The report includes information on the positive and negative mental health effects of online activities and provides guidelines for social media and internet use.
Research: Team-Based Activities Beneficial for Children’s Mental Health
August 28, 2019 | Emily Taylor
A recent study published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence looked at the benefits of different kinds of extracurricular activities on the mental health of children in grades 4 and 7. The results indicate that team-based activities had more benefits than individual activities. The researchers attribute the difference to a stronger sense of peer belonging.
Study Finds Suicide Rate for Girls Increasing Faster than for Boys
June 6, 2019 | Emily Taylor
A recent NPR story reported on the results of a study analyzing changes in suicide rate trends. Based on analysis of more than 85,000 youth suicides between 1975 and 2016, researchers found a major shift occurred after 2007.The “increase was highest for girls ages 10 to 14, rising by nearly 13% since 2007. While for boys of the same age, it rose by 7%.”
In the commentary by Joan Luby and Sarah Kertz that accompanied the journal article, the authors conclude: “Increasing rates of suicidality may be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ signaling important health concerns arising from the increased and pervasive use of social media affecting child and adolescent development. Such a signal in general health would raise great alarm and calls to action, and it must not go unheeded in mental health.”