Child & Adolescent Mental Health | Child Psychiatry Today

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Development & Assessment

When Treatment Isn’t Working: Logjams and Next Moves

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A Parent Guide to Appropriate Screen Time for Kids

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Epilepsy in Children: Cognitive and Behavioral Impacts

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Child playing a soft xylophone with a music therapist

Interfaith Families: Navigating Different Religious Traditions

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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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Featured Mental Health Guides

Source-checked explainers for parents, educators, and clinicians

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Anxiety Conditions & Symptoms

Separation Anxiety in Children: When Clingy Becomes a Crisis

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children

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DMDD (Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder)

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: Symptoms and Causes

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Child playing a soft xylophone with a music therapist

Exploring the Role of Peer Pressure in Teenage Addiction

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Digital Life & Media

Screen time, social media, and adolescent wellbeing

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Internet Use and Social Media

How to Gradually Decrease Screen Time for Children

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Internet Use and Social Media Peer Pressure

Peer Pressure in the Digital Age

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Parent discussing screen rules with a child near a window

Internet Use and Social Media

Encouraging Children to Engage in Offline Activities

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Parent discussing screen rules with child at home

Internet Use and Social Media

The Effects of Screen Time on Young Minds

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Conditions & Symptoms

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

Parent coaching an irritable child through a calm-down routine

Aggression and Mental Health in Adolescents

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Parent and child reviewing a mood chart at a kitchen table

DMDD (Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder)

Coping Strategies for Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

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Educational Impacts of Depression on Teens

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Conditions & Symptoms Development & Assessment

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

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Development & Assessment

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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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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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