by PediaBlog | Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ask a teenager what problems they see their peers suffering from and you may be surprised by how attentive and sensitive they are. 70% of U.S. teens ages 13-17, surveyed last year by the Pew Research Center, said anxiety and depression were major problems; only...
by PediaBlog | Feb 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
The results of a new study on the prevalence of pediatric mental health disorders and treatment should cause every American to sit up and take notice. Publishing in JAMA Pediatrics this month, researchers from the University of Michigan used a nationwide survey...
by PediaBlog | Feb 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
A quick look at the statistics on gun violence in America from a recent study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in November, might cause you to avert your...
by PediaBlog | Feb 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
American Academy of Pediatrics President Kyle Yasuda, M.D. addresses a growing crisis in American medicine: U.S. physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession — higher than the military and more than double that of the general population. With more...
by PediaBlog | Nov 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on changing trends in deaths from firearms in major U.S. metropolitan areas in it’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recently, firearm homicide rates in large metro...
