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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Signs of Common Mental Health Disorders in Children

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The Link Between Highly Processed Foods and Brain Health

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Attachment Disorders and Personality Development

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Understanding Children’s Psychiatry

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Featured Mental Health Guides

Source-checked explainers for parents, educators, and clinicians

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Eating Disorders Conditions & Symptoms

Treatment Options for Eating Disorders in Adolescents

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Attachment Disorders

How Attachment Theory Influences Children’s Team

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Domestic Violence

Creating Safe Spaces

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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

Screen time, social media, and adolescent wellbeing

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Internet Use and Social Media

Encouraging Screen-Free Family Activities

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Internet Use and Social Media

Children’s Screen Time and Sleep Patterns

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Digital Life & Media Internet Use and Social Media

When Gaming Communities Save Lives

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Internet Use and Social Media

A Parent Guide to Appropriate Screen Time for Kids

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Conditions & Symptoms

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

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Personality Disorders

Serious Conduct Problems in Children: What Parents Should Know

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

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

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Conditions & Symptoms Attachment Disorders

Recognizing Attachment Disorders in Children and Teenagers

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Learning Disorders

Strategies for Managing Dysgraphia

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

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

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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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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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