{"title":"FDA requires expanded labeling about weight loss risk in patients younger than 6 years for extended-release stimulants","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30905","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revising the labeling of all extended-release stimulants indicated to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — including certain formulations of amphetamine and methylphenidate — to warn about the risk of weight loss and other adverse reactions (side effects) in patients younger than 6 years taking these medications.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 10","pages":"9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A look at nature","authors":"David P. Lichtenstein Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30904","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As I write, I'm looking out at rain that has temporarily cooled this scorching summer. But as you're reading this, perhaps the air is crisp and the first golden leaves are appearing. So I wanted to take a break from the usual to talk about how experience of nature may improve mental health. As the lead pieces this month focus on adults — caregivers and providers — I figured I would follow suit.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preventing and ameliorating burnout in therapeutic schools","authors":"Taylor Walker M.A., Lisa Freda Psy.D., ABPP","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30900","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, staff morale has become a major concern in clinical settings at all levels of care, as well as in school settings. Staff morale is a major workplace factor in maintaining quality clinical care, adequate staffing levels, and a healthy work environment. Low staff morale is often associated with individual and organizational factors such as low staffing levels, low employee self-efficacy, and a high workload (Gilbody et al. 2006). Low staff morale is a multifaceted phenomenon that may be best operationalized at the individual level through the concept of burnout.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 10","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keep your eye on…","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30901","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Candida Damian MD, Anne R. McGunagle LICSW, Richard M. Smith MD, C. Paula Lewis-de los Angeles MD, PhD
{"title":"How to support parents of children admitted to intensive mental health treatment","authors":"Candida Damian MD, Anne R. McGunagle LICSW, Richard M. Smith MD, C. Paula Lewis-de los Angeles MD, PhD","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30899","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When children are admitted to intensive mental health treatment, whether it be inpatient or partial hospitalization programs, the entire family can be impacted, especially parents or caregivers. In our multidisciplinary experience on a med-psych inpatient unit, we often see that parents desperately want to help their distressed and ill children, but sometimes need to help themselves first. We, as a treatment team, have the opportunity to help them.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 10","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which came first — depression or excessive videogaming?","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30902","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Psychopathology is associated with the development of gaming disorder among adolescents, according to a cohort study of young adolescents. In particular, depression, anxiety, social problems, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Addressing these underlying issues may reduce the severity incidence of gaming disorder, the researchers concluded, noting that psychopathology seemed to come first.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addictive screen use common in teens, linked to suicidal behaviors","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30903","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Almost one third of adolescents who use social media, video games, and mobile phones become addicted to their screens. Furthermore, addictive screen use is associated with mental health problems, including suicidal behaviors and suicidal ideation. The higher the addictive trajectory, the more likely suicidal behaviors are.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early response to H.R. 1: Treatment field united in ways to continue services","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30896","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It all happened just before the 4th of July, as Congress passed by the narrowest of margins the tax bill which slashed Medicaid, among other things.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Somatic symptoms and the need for connection: Insights from attachment theory and clinical care","authors":"Emily Beckmann Ph.D., Deborah Rasile Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30891","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sarah is a patient we encountered while working in a medical and psychiatric partial hospital program (PHP) for children and adolescents (name and details have been altered for confidentiality). She identified as an 11-year-old, white, cisgender female. She was referred to the program by her gastroenterologist for treatment of somatic symptom disorder (SSD) and rumination disorder. (In rumination disorder, despite a functioning stomach and esophagus, the brain sends signals that cause undigested food to come back up, even though the person is not trying to vomit). For Sarah, rumination was triggered by anxiety, feeling unsupported, and emotional distress. At the time of admission, Sarah was vomiting several times a day and reported multiple somatic complaints, including blurred vision, dizziness, and musculoskeletal pain. These symptoms had a profound impact on her functioning — she was unable to attend school and could not participate in social or extracurricular activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 9","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preventing HIV with injectable lenacapavir: WHO recommendation","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30898","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines in July recommending the use of injectable lenacapavir (LEN) twice a year as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option for HIV prevention. The landmark policy could help reshape the global HIV response, according to WHO. The guidelines were issued at the 13th International AIDS Society Conference (IAS 2025) on HIV Science, in Kigali, Rwanda.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 9","pages":"9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}