Preventing obesity during early childhood is of particular importance, as young obese children are at an increased risk for adolescent and adult obesity (Veltsista et al., 2010, Telama, 2009) and have an increased risk of developing various health morbidities, including hyperlipidemia, hypertension,...
Consider referral to a child and adolescent psychiatrist if one of these subtypes becomes more difficult to manage. A mental health consultation can help these higher-risk children. Some children with ADHD also have learning disabilities, and diagnosis at a young age, before school failure, is ...
Childhood obesity significantly impacts both physical and psychological health. Obesity can lead to severe health conditions, including non-insulin-dependent diabetes, cardiovascular problems, bronchial asthma, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension, hepatic steatosis, gastroesophageal reflux (GER), and ...
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Research to increase children’s physical activity and inform intervention design has, to date, largely underrepresented children’s voices. Further, research has been limited to singular qualitative methods that overlook children’s varied linguistic ab
In the present chapter, we review prevention and promotion efforts in the area of child and adolescent mental health. We begin by reviewing key considerations when conceptualizing youth mental health prevention and promotion efforts, outlining guiding questions for considering efforts from multiple ...
It should be stated that there is a lack of reliable, validated instruments for recognizing victimization, and only quite recently there has been more effort to create better instruments, such as for example Child Adolescent Bullying Scale (CABS) [85]. Two of the most widely used longer-standin...
While the importance of looking at the entire family system in the context of child and adolescent mental health is well recognised, siblings of children with mental health problems (MHPs) are often overlooked. The existing literature on the mental health of these siblings needs to be reviewed. ...
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an efficacious intervention for child anxiety that has been translated into accessible digital formats, many of whic
measures and populations. Another gap established in this review was the lack of population level surveys for measuring adults’ MHLSC. Effective measurement of population MHLSC over time, such as the nationally representative surveys tracking adult and adolescent MHL over several years and even decade...