Child & Adolescent Mental Health | Child Psychiatry Today

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Development & Assessment

Adapting Evidence to This Child

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

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

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Helping Your Child Express Emotions Positively

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The Link Between DMDD and ADHD

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Featured Mental Health Guides

Source-checked explainers for parents, educators, and clinicians

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Religious Trauma: Recognition and Recovery

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Internet Use and Social Media

Healthy Screen-Time Habits for Preschoolers

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Parenting Styles

Building Resilience

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Development & Assessment

Plush Toys and Child Development

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Digital Life & Media

Screen time, social media, and adolescent wellbeing

Child distracted between phone and window light

Internet Use and Social Media

Screen Time and Children’s Attention Span

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Child playing a soft xylophone with a music therapist

Books Development & Assessment Digital Life & Media Family, School & Social Context

Understanding Child, Adolescent, and Family Development

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Internet Use and Social Media

Screen time alternatives

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Child choosing between tablet and soccer ball

Internet Use and Social Media

How to Encourage Children to Self-Manage Screen Time

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Conditions & Symptoms

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

Child drawing while a supportive adult sits nearby

Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

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

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Clinician reviewing an ADHD care plan with a parent and child

Conditions & Symptoms ADHD

A Comprehensive Guide to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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Teacher helping diverse students collaborate at a round table

Intellectual Disability

Social Skills for Children with Intellectual Challenges

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OCD and Anxiety in Young Children

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

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