Psychology & Psychiatry
Child anxiety could be factor in school absences, research concludes
New research has concluded that anxiety can be a factor in poor school attendance among children and young people.
Feb 27, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
So your child refuses to go to school? Here's how to respond
Have you had to deal with grumbling kids who don't want to go back to school after the winter holidays?
Jul 18, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Training course for chronic fatigue syndrome or ME is effective for children alongside specialist care
A training course that aims to ease symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome is effective and probably cost-effective when provided alongside specialist care for children with mild to moderate illness, finds a trial published ...
Sep 20, 2017
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Neuroscience
Rare mutations found to increase risk of schizophrenia and shortened school stays
(Medical Xpress)—Two teams of researchers looking to better understand what happens to people born with certain rare genetic mutations have found a link between an increased risk of schizophrenia and how long such people ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
National school-based mental health intervention improves outcomes for at-risk students
A national school-based mental health program that is now reaching almost one quarter of all elementary school students in Chile appears to have produced significant improvements in both behavioral and academic outcomes, ...
Sep 22, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Educational benefits of deworming children questioned by re-analysis of flagship study
Deworming children may not improve school attendance and the evidence that informs international policy needs to be re-appraised following a major re-analysis by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. ...
Jul 22, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Cash transfers conditional on schooling do not prevent HIV among young South African women
A Phase III, individually randomized trial has found conditional cash transfers for school attendance did not reduce the risk of HIV among high-school aged women in South Africa, investigators from the HIV Prevention Trials ...
Jul 21, 2015
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Pediatrics
Bullying leads to depression and suicidal thoughts in teens
High school students subjected to bullying and other forms of harassment are more likely to report being seriously depressed, consider suicide and carry weapons to school, according to findings from a trio of studies reported ...
Apr 27, 2015
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Pediatrics
US children are embracing the walking school bus
Growing numbers of children across the U.S. are climbing aboard the walking school bus. It starts with an adult volunteer, who goes house to house picking up children. The group then walks to school together—and back home ...
May 26, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Work, school buffer post-traumatic stress for young cancer patients
Young adults with cancer should try to stay occupied with school, work and other activities during the year after their diagnosis to become less vulnerable to post-traumatic stress symptoms, say University of Michigan researchers.
Jul 31, 2013
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