Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences News

CHOP and Penn researchers have found an association between greenspace and improved mental health during the first six months of the pandemic.

Worried your child’s shyness will hold them back? A CHOP pediatrician and psychologist offer tips to encourage brave practices – and when to seek additional support.

CHOP researchers have found an association between child temperament and eating behaviors, including eating speed, responsiveness to the sight or smell of food, and satiety.

Separation anxiety affects 3% of children and 8% of teens. Two CHOP doctors offer tips to help both groups better adapt to changing situations.

CHOP researchers have found ADHD medications may lower suicide risk in children with hyperactivity, oppositional defiance and other behavioral disorders.

Dr. Benton recognized for her dedication to childhood mental health, elected to head the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

CHOP psychologists offer strategies to help children recognize their fears, separate the rational from the irrational, and how to deal with or overcome each.

CHOP researchers found a link between depressive symptoms and pandemic-related income loss and financial strain, independent of anxiety.

A recent CHOP study found that newly licensed drivers on the autism spectrum have similar—or even lower—per-driver rates of crash involvement than their non-autistic peers.

Psychologists with specialty training in GI disorders help patients and their families better understand how a child’s feelings, fears and emotions can impact their chronic GI condition and vice versa.