{"title":"Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) in children and adolescents: What to know","authors":"Rebecca Laptook Ph.D., Kelsey Borner Ph.D., Heather Chapman M.D., Jessica Gore PT, DPT, MSPT, Jamie Gainor DiPietro M.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30892","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Limb paralysis/weakness/numbness, syncope, seizures, blindness, developmental regression, memory loss, difficulty speaking; these are all symptoms of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), which is when a person experiences real sensory/cognitive/motor symptoms that have no underlying structural or anatomical abnormality.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 9","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869172","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":"Attending to absence","authors":"David P. Lichtenstein Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30897","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It's back to school for the nation's youth, but for some, it is only partially so. Spikes in student absence reflect one thorny legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chronic absenteeism (commonly defined as missing 10% or more of school days) has peaked in the past few years. Nearly twice as many students (28%) hit the chronically absent mark in 2022 (Return to Learn, 2025) as in pre-pandemic years (roughly 15% of students in 2018 and 2019). In 2023, rates began to fall, but remain high — approximately 26% of students nationwide. The pattern persists here in Rhode Island, including a shocking 43% of high schoolers being chronically absent (Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook, 2025). Sadly, it is predictable that although absentee rates are elevated for all, they were significantly higher in schools with a high percentage of nonwhite students, students in poverty, and in rural and urban (compared to suburban) schools. Although slightly higher in schools with the most masking or least in-person instruction in 2021–22, the growth in chronic absenteeism appears to be a global phenomenon, cutting across nations with very different approaches to the pandemic and schooling (Wallace-Wells, 2024).</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":"144869715","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":"Specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth ended at 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30894","url":null,"abstract":"<p>On July 17 the federal government officially terminated specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth calling the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Although there may well still be such services available if young people call in, the option to “press 3” to reach specially trained counselors for this group was eliminated. <i>CABL</i> interviewed a source who said that if such callers do ask for help for their specific issues after calling 988, they will still get it.</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":"144869174","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.30893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30893","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 </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":"144869173","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":"Study finds social networks help college students reduce drinking","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30895","url":null,"abstract":"<p>College students who seek help for excessive drinking are best help by support networks consisting of their friends, researchers have found. The study looked at a two-pronged approach combining a psychology and a social network analysis.</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":"144869175","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":"The more time teens spend on social media, the higher the risk for depressive symptoms","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30887","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Researchers have found that social media use over time increases an individual adolescent's risk for increased depressive symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 8","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705369","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":"Autism: No simple answers","authors":"David P. Lichtenstein Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30889","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis is indisputably on the rise. In the 1970s, approximately one in 1,500 children was diagnosed with autism. In 2000, the US CDC estimated that one in 150 children aged 8 had been diagnosed; our 2022 estimate was one in 31. What's causing this rise? What can we do?</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705423","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}
Alicia Ead LICSW, Margaret Paccione-Dyszlewski Ph.D.
{"title":"A Calming Corner: Creating a more therapeutic environment in a nontherapeutic setting","authors":"Alicia Ead LICSW, Margaret Paccione-Dyszlewski Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30884","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With one in five youth experiencing a diagnosable behavioral health concern (Crocker et al., 2023), the demand for services now exceeds the capacity of school and community-based mental health professionals. In 2023, 40% of high school students reported feeling sad or hopeless almost daily for at least two consecutive weeks, interfering with their usual activities. Additionally, 20% reported seriously considering suicide within the past year (CDC, 2024), underscoring the urgency for broader intervention. Rather than relying solely on mental health professionals, educators, caregivers, and community members must be equipped with skills to support youth in emotional distress across settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 8","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705421","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":"Anorexia nervosa: Past time to focus on psychology as well as weight gain","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30888","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Because anorexia nervosa is both prevalent and has poor outcomes, the field needs to make significant scientific breakthroughs, according to a recent clinical review. Current treatments were developed decades ago, and the eating disorders field in general has two big problems: overspecialization, and an overly narrow focus on weight restoration. The authors made specific recommendations, which center on a more holistic approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705370","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.30886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30886","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705424","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}