In the article we discuss the effectiveness and safety of the first non-drug treatment for ADHD in kids. The FDA has recently granted medical device approval for its external Monarch Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS) System for treating kids with ADHD ages 7–12 who are not currently taking medications.

This double issue was long in the making. We contacted a number of experts in the world of trauma, from Jeff Max on traumatic brain injury to Suzan Song on helping refugees. We also spoke with Stuart Shanker about what we could learn from his experience in developing mass education on self-regulation in children. And as promised, we have responded to the recent reports of increased mortality in children taking “higher” doses of antipsychotic medications.

For our 2019 issue on anxiety, we spoke with Dr. Moira Rynn at Duke about the concept of anxiety as a pervasive symptom that cuts across diagnostic categories. We are focused on anxiety as a target symptom that happens every day, but what are the data for medication treatment?

In this issue we tackle a range of challenges, including differentiating ADHD from bipolar disorder, understanding suicide risk in college students, managing assertions about the safety of weed, and assessing and treating violent behavior in our patients.

In this issue, we look at the complex relationship between bullying and suicidality and offer a range of ideas on how to help your patients with this all-too-common problem, both in the office and in advocating for your patients, with resources to boot.

Anxiety is a broad concept that permeates pretty much all of our work. In particular, anxiety often compromises cognitive ability and drives acting-out behavior.

When parents bring in their kids for concentration, attention, and learning issues, it’s common to assume a provisional diagnosis of ADHD. In many children, however, anxiety can be the real cause of these problems.

Suicidal thinking and behavior remains difficult to predict and challenging to address. As a resident in the mid-1980s, I made an annual trek from Naval Hospital San Diego to UCLA, bringing a year of painful experiences to the renowned Dr. Edwin Schneidman.

Why do children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have tantrums? One theory is that these tantrums are due in part to children’s frustration with not being able to express themselves. This theory has led to a treatment approach called “mand training.”