Child & Adolescent Mental Health | Child Psychiatry Today

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Development & Assessment

Formulation Before Labels: How Clinicians Build a Working Picture

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Parenting a Child with OCD

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Child calm at home versus stressed at school

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

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Teacher helping diverse students collaborate at a round table

Theoretical Foundations of Social Media Use in Youth

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Parent coaching an irritable child through a calm-down routine

Techniques for Managing Aggressive Behavior in Young People

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Featured Mental Health Guides

Source-checked explainers for parents, educators, and clinicians

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Family, School & Social Context

Art Therapy

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Navigating teenage blues

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Parent coaching an irritable child through a calm-down routine

Aggression Family, School & Social Context

Teenage Aggression: Safety, Assessment, and Practical Strategies

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Breaking the stigma: Talking about depression in high school

Breaking the Stigma: Talking About Depression in High School

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Digital Life & Media

Screen time, social media, and adolescent wellbeing

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Internet Use and Social Media

Outdoor Play and Reducing Children’s Screen Time

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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

A Parent Guide to Appropriate Screen Time for Kids

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Parent discussing screen rules with a child near a window

Internet Use and Social Media

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

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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

Personality Disorders

Narcissistic Traits in Children: Nature, Nurture, and Development

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

Conditions & Symptoms

Debunking Common Myths About Children’s Psychiatry

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Student carefully aligning pencils on a classroom desk

Managing OCD at School

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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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Development & Assessment

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Development & Assessment

Common Misconceptions Families Bring to Child Psychiatry

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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)

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Books Research & Evidence

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

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