What medications are best picks for treating agitation in children and adolescents in the emergency department setting? While there is little definitive research on the topic we looked at a retrospective study comparing quetiapine with first line antipsychotics that gives us a start at pulling the threads on this knotty problem.

What is the relationship between ADHD and non-suicidal self-injury? This research update teases out an understanding of these and other common co-morbidities in a manner that suggests a practical approach to dealing with both problems in our child and adolescent patients.

When other, more conventional, treatments fail, some families and clinicians seek alternative approaches to Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). In this research update we cover a preliminary study on the use of extended treatment IV immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG), associated symptoms, particularly severe food restriction.

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Summer of drugs? With rates of substance use in our patients up after a stressful year, we interviewed Dr. Amy Yule on alcohol use in adolescents. Her insights are both frightening and incisive and can help us understand and intervene. We also interviewed Dr. Kyle Ganson to talk about the...

We live in a world where we are inundated with research studies and it is our job to vet these, looking for the pearls among the rocks. This article is a concise and practical review of what research can and cannot tell you and what to look for in a good study.

What is the problem with a little teenaged experimentation with alcohol? Don’t most kids do it? Learn the risks related to this ubiquitous substance and help protect your patients from potentially life altering or life-threatening outcomes now and for their futures.