Child & Adolescent Mental Health | Child Psychiatry Today

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

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

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ADHD Paralysis: Why a Child Can Want to Start and Still Feel Stuck

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Understanding Depression in Teens

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What do you need to know about Sertraline Side

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How Attachment Theory Influences Children’s Team

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Featured Mental Health Guides

Source-checked explainers for parents, educators, and clinicians

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Aggression and Mental Health in Adolescents

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Development & Assessment

Chores and Executive Function

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Teen Mental Health and Substance Use: How They Connect

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

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

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Digital Life & Media

Screen time, social media, and adolescent wellbeing

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Internet Use and Social Media

Screen Time and Long-Term Effects on Children’s Health

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Digital Life & Media Internet Use and Social Media

How Video Games Shape Childrens Understanding of

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Internet Use and Social Media

Using Reward Systems to Manage Children’s Screen Time

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Parent discussing screen rules with a child near a window

Internet Use and Social Media

Problematic Screen Use in Children: Signs to Watch

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Conditions & Symptoms

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

Child playing a soft xylophone with a music therapist

Psychiatric Emergencies Conditions & Symptoms

What to Do in a Child or Teen Psychiatric Emergency

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Attachment Disorders

Attachment-Based Therapy for Children and Teens

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Clinician reviewing ADHD care plan with family

ADHD Conditions & Symptoms Learning Disorders

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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OCD and Anxiety in Young Children

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Latest Articles

Recently updated child and adolescent mental health content

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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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Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults book

Books Research & Evidence

Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults (Webb et al.)

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Child calm at home versus stressed at school

Development & Assessment Family, School & Social Context

When a Child’s Behavior Means Different Things at Home and School

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Development & Assessment

How Creative Arts Therapies Can Support Children

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

Nutrition and Children’s Mental Health: What Families Should Know

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