{"title":"Chatbots, your child, and your pediatrician","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30950","url":null,"abstract":"<p>If your child is interacting with a chatbot, it's normal. In a blog from the American Academy of Pediatrics published in March, Maneesha Agarwal, MD, FAAP, associate editor, <i>Pediatrics</i>, writes that generative artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a novelty.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 5","pages":"9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696288","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":"Drug-drug interaction concerns raised: ADHD a focus","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30948","url":null,"abstract":"<p>One in four youth treated with psychotropic medications were exposed to potential contraindicated or major drug-drug interactions (DDIs) during the two-decade period ending in 2020, researchers have found. They urge that studies be conducted focusing on medication safety, effectiveness, and DDI risks of psychotropic medications in youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 5","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696291","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":"Navigating digital media with families of school-aged children","authors":"Michael Hoggard M.D., MPH, Deborah Lopez","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30945","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As Hanna Rosin aptly noted in <i>The Atlantic</i> in April 2013 (Rosin, 2013), if Norman Rockwell were to paint a portrait of contemporary childhood, it might well be titled “Boy Swiping Finger on Screen.” Now, 13 years later, screens are somehow even more integral to our lives than they were then.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 5","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696289","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":"Is polished writing enough? AI and the illusion of quality","authors":"Michelle Pievsky Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30946","url":null,"abstract":"<p>I was recently asked to peer review a specialized article for an academic journal. At first glance, the manuscript presented some interesting ideas, but it was riddled with significant issues, primarily related to writing style. The grammar and syntax suggested that English may not have been the authors' first language. Beyond that, they struggled to convey the rationale for the study and to explain their results in a way that a broader audience could understand.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 5","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696293","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":"Psychiatric treatment: breaking new ground?","authors":"David P. Lichtenstein Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30949","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Excitement has built recently about new avenues for psychiatric treatment: psychedelic drugs such as Ketamine and psilocybin; trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We see the revival of older practices such as electro-convulsive shock therapy (ECT) and therapeutic lesioning, and medicines borrowed from other fields, like GLP-1s.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 5","pages":"8-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696292","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.30947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30947","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696294","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":"Current best practices for diagnosing and treating menstrually-related mood disorders","authors":"Allison Stumper Ph.D., Jessica R. Peters Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30939","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cbl.30939","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Clinical observation and lived experience have long suggested that changes in ovarian steroid hormones (estradiol, progesterone) can affect mood and behavior across the menstrual cycle. Only recently, however, has research begun to systematically characterize these patterns. A growing body of work suggests that some females have heightened or atypical neural sensitivity to normal fluctuations in ovarian steroid hormones across the cycle (hormone sensitivity). These sensitivities are thought to underlie conditions such as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and premenstrual exacerbation of preexisting symptoms (PME). Although most research in this area has focused on adults, emerging studies suggest that similar patterns are also seen in adolescents, and understanding how these symptoms show up in younger patients can help clinicians recognize problems earlier and tailor treatment more effectively. Importantly, because hormone sensitivity could begin after menarche (the first menstrual cycle), adolescence represents a critical window for identifying and addressing these cyclical symptom changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 4","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147579703","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":"Harnessing the healing powers of nature: Green space and well-being in the research","authors":"Eryn Yamin M.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30938","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Though not a diagnosis in the <i>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5-TR</i>, the term “nature-deficit disorder” has been around since Richard Louv (2005) published his book <i>The last child in the woods</i>(page 36). The term is self-descriptive, referring to notably decreased time humans spend out in nature than in previous generations, causing detriment to well-being such as “higher rates of physical and emotional illness”(Louv, 2005). It was a term derived both from Louv's personal experiences and observations and from existing research. Much of his cited research looked at the issue of nature-deficit disorder from the opposite perspective, demonstrating a relationship between increased time in nature and improved physical and mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 4","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147615371","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.30940","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cbl.30940","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147579702","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":"Breaking up, or staying together?","authors":"David P. Lichtenstein Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30943","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Last fall, a parent asked me for resources as she faced the impending death of her mother and wanted to help her autistic teen understand what was happening. A search of resources for death, grief, and autistic youth turned up countless books, articles, and videos. But there was a problem — this child is not only autistic but non-speaking — and not one of these resources offered anything for such children.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614860","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}