Topics: Child Psychiatry

Hallucinations can be scary for parents and other caregivers, but they don’t usually signal major psychopathology and are mostly associated with anxiety and stressful events.

Topics: Child Psychiatry

Dr. Carrie Bearden of UCLA details the criteria for prodromal syndromes and what these mean for a young person's prognosis.

Topics: Antidepressants | Child Psychiatry | Depressive Disorder

Concerns about the possible risk of suicide in young people taking antidepressants are often voiced by experts and parents. But how much of a role does dosage play in the risk of suicide and self-harm among young people on antidepressants?

Topics: Addiction | Child Psychiatry

There is a misconception that smoking out of a hookah—a water pipe that uses flavored tobacco or tobacco-like products—is safer than smoking regular cigarettes, and this may be leading to an increase in this method of smoking, especially among teens.