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Development & Assessment

Formulation Before Labels: How Clinicians Build a Working Picture

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Clinician reviewing ADHD care plan with family

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Helping Your Child Express Emotions Positively

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Problematic Screen Use in Children: Signs to Watch

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Healthy Eating Habits for a Balanced Mind

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Featured Mental Health Guides

Source-checked explainers for parents, educators, and clinicians

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Building Resilience Against Negative Peer Influence

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Group Therapy

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Children with OCD and Co-occurring Conditions

Children With OCD and Co-Occurring Conditions

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Therapist and child in gentle play therapy session

Attachment Disorders Treatment & Care

Treating Attachment Disorders: Safe Therapeutic Approaches

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Digital Life & Media

Screen time, social media, and adolescent wellbeing

Managing screen time for multiple children

Internet Use and Social Media

Managing screen time for multiple children

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An original infographic-style illustration about screen time, play, sleep, attention, and social skills in children.

Internet Use and Social Media

Screen Time and Children’s Social Skills

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analog clock at 5:55

Internet Use and Social Media

Using Reward Systems to Manage Children’s Screen Time

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Family cooking together without devices

Internet Use and Social Media

Encouraging Screen-Free Family Activities

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Conditions & Symptoms

Clear guides to signs, assessment, and when to seek care

Therapist and child building trust with play materials

Attachment Disorders

Attachment-Based Therapy for Children and Teens

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Parent reading to recovering child in hospital

Long-term Cognitive Effects of Childhood Delirium

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July 28, 2026

Tired teenager studying late at night

Educational Impacts of Depression on Teens

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July 28, 2026

Parent and child reviewing a mood chart at a kitchen table

DMDD (Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder)

Parenting Strategies for Children with DMDD

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Clinician and parent thoughtfully reviewing notes in a consulting room

Development & Assessment

When Treatment Isn’t Working: Logjams and Next Moves

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Parent reviewing a child psychiatry guidebook while a child plays calmly nearby

Development & Assessment

Common Misconceptions Families Bring to Child Psychiatry

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Adult and child sitting thoughtfully on a park bench

Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

What Makes a Child Different From an Adult in Mental Health Care

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

The Child Behind the Symptom: A Practical Guide for Parents and Clinicians

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Clinician and parent reviewing notes in a calm consultation

Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

How Clinicians Think About a Child Without Reducing Them to a Diagnosis

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Child communicating via tablet during calm assessment with parent and clinician

Development & Assessment

Selective Mutism: Assessment Without Forcing Speech

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The Art of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by Jonathan Williams and Peter Hill (Cambridge University Press)

Books Development & Assessment Research & Evidence

The Art of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2025)

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Books Research & Evidence

Lewis’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (5th ed., 2017)

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