Pain may be greater driver for suicidal behavior in youths and young adults than prescription opioids
1. Initiating a prescription opioid is associated with a more than doubled risk of suicidal behavior in adolescents and young...
Only one quarter of benzodiazepine prescriptions in youth are for approved indication
1. This cohort study analyzed health care claims from 2008-2019 and found that benzodiazepine prescribing in adolescents and young adults...
Interpersonal discrimination associated with poorer mental health, wellbeing, and substance use in young adults
1. This large study of a nationally representative sample of young adults found that over 90% had experienced some form...
Lumbar puncture rates appropriately decline in children with simple febrile seizures
1. This multi-center study found that there was no significant difference in the rates of delayed bacterial meningitis diagnosis before...
Fatalities in children associated with cough and cold medication often due to non-therapeutic intent
1. Most fatalities in children associated with cough and cold medication (CCM) ingestions were the result of medication administration by...
Adapted training program improves retention of Basic Life Support skills in young children
1. Children aged 5-8 years who learned Basic Life Support (BLS) using educational toys were more successful at carrying out...
Eating disorder hospital admissions among adolescents increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
1. This single center study found that hospital admissions among adolescents for restrictive eating disorder-related medical complications more than doubled...
Substance use and mental health conditions in adolescents associated with future non- prescription opioid use
1. Recreational substance use and mental health problems were found to be independently associated with non-medical prescription opioid use in...
Adolescent depression and suicide risk increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
1. In this large study of adolescent primary care visits in Philadelphia, the prevalence of positive screens for depressive symptoms...
Pediatric physicians have lower lifetime earning potential than adult physicians
1. In a study that modeled lifetime earning potentials, adult physicians averaged 25% higher earning potential than their pediatric counterparts....