Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, or DMDD, during childhood may be linked with long-term impaired functioning worse than the impairment associated with other psychiatric disorders, according to data from a recent population-based study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. The researchers assessed the symptoms of DMDD among 1,420 adolescents via interviews conducted up to six…
ReadA new government report states that more than 7 percent of American schoolchildren are taking at least one medication for emotional or behavioral difficulties. More importantly, more than half of the parents of these children said the medications are helping. “We can’t advise parents on what they should do, but I think it’s positive that…
ReadSome argue that bullying is a “part of growing up”, but recently researchers have begun to discover the long-term effects of being continually harassed during youth and the findings are as bad as you might guess. The latest such study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, shows that even after the bullying has ended,…
ReadThere has been a huge amount of research into traumatic brain injuries over the last decade. The massive number of veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan spurred a government interest in improving detection and treatment of the disease. Then, the NFL and the controversy associated with the high number of brain injuries…
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