Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US

Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments

Meta-analysis finds children and adolescents with ADHD experience serious impairments in social cognition, affecting social functioning

Study finds that persistent use of ADHD medication in adolescents according to prescription reduces the risk of committing an minor offense compared to inconsistent medication use…

Compared with their counterparts, children being cared for by their grandparents had somewhat worse mental health status, including more internalizing problems, externalizing problems…

Early Childhood Sleep Problems Present Risk Factors for Probable ADHD Diagnosis

Review of research shows young children of mothers with depression histories exhibit heightened corticolimbic activation to negative emotional stimuli, reduced left frontal brain activation, and reduced ERP and mesocorticolimbic responses to reward cues compared to children of the never-depressed.

Immediate impact of child maltreatment on mental, developmental, and physical health trajectories

Study of within‐family relations of mental health problems across childhood and adolescence (N = 10,746): Maternal psychological distress was positively associated with internalizing and externalizing problems for girls but only with internalizing problems for boys.

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy and offspring ADHD

Polygenic risk scores of psychiatric disorders, personality and cognitive ability can be combined for improved prediction of psychiatric problems in childhood

Children born in December are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with a learning disorder than those born in January