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Social and Lifestyle Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (July/August/September) | 2024

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Learning Objectives, Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Children and Teens, CCPR, July/August/September 2024

July 1, 2024

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Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Children and Teens

July 1, 2024
Aydar Shaildayev, MD and Eric Whitney, MD

The Surgeon General has put out a call to address loneliness and social isolation. But what do we do about it? This clinical update will help you define loneliness and social isolation, assess for them, and help lonely or isolated kids and teens.  

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Social Media: The Good, The Bad, and The Clinical Approach

July 1, 2024
Paul Weigle, MD

We interviewed Dr. Paul Weigel, Co-Chair of the Social Media Issues Committee at the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. We talked about everything from mental illness connected to social media, to reduced stigma, to addressing sexting with patients and their families.


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Managing a Dilemma: Social Contagion Self-Diagnosis in Adolescents and Young Adults

July 1, 2024
Circe Cooke, MD

Can kids and teens "catch" mental illness from the internet? This clinical update covers how to assess the degree of media influence on symptoms that children and adolescents report and how to talk with kids and teens about self-diagnoses in a way that builds a collaborative exploratory treatment relationship.

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Navigating the Transition to College

July 1, 2024
Alexander El Sehamy, MD and Alan Schlechter, MD

Is the older teen you are treating ready to go off to college? Will they take their medication or do their own laundry? This clinical update helps you guide your teenage patients, and their families, as they prepare for leaving home and taking care of their own medications, schedules, schoolwork, and social life.

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Physical Activity for Depression in Youth: A Closer Look at the Data

July 1, 2024
Susan L. Siegfreid, MD

Does physical activity help relieve depression in children and adolescents? We know it helps adults, but what is the evidence in kids? This research update looks at a study that tries to elucidate the effectiveness of exercise on depression in kids and teens, and how much to emphasize exercise with your own patients.

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Alcohol Dependence in Teens Linked to Depression in Young Adults

July 1, 2024
Susan L. Siegfreid, MD

What is the impact of alcohol use in teens on their risk for developing depression? Spoiler alert: If it were a clear linear relationship, there would be no story here. Read this research update and use it to improve your process for screening for alcohol use.

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A Promising Combo: Olanzapine and Samidorphan

July 1, 2024
Earth Hasassri, MD

When we must use antipsychotics (NbN D2 receptor blockers), we do whatever we can to avoid side effects from them. This research upside looks at the potential for the new olanzapine-semiglutide combination medication to reduce D2 blocker-related weight gain in children and teens.

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OCD Treatment From Home

July 1, 2024
Mariel Zeccola, APRN, PhD

Online treatment offers greater access to care for our patients with reduced travel and environmental costs. But is this modality effective? This research update looks at a study in which internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy was used for treating OCD in children and teens.

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Note From the Editor-in-Chief

July 1, 2024

Dr. Feder remains alarmed: right now, it’s about heat, social media, and fentanyl  - hear his direct advice and protect your patients and yourselves from the current ravages of our times. 

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Audio Issue, Social and Lifestyle Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July/Aug/Sept 2024

March 20, 2025
Joshua Feder, MD
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CME Post-Test, Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Children and Teens, CCPR, July/August/September 2024

July 1, 2024

By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credit.

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