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This past June, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated their policy statement, “Breastfeeding and the…
When asked recently about the most pressing unmet health needs in their community, people across southeastern Pennsylvania identified priorities…
Eating disorders are serious psychiatric illnesses associated with high morbidity, mortality and psychosocial impairment. They can affect anyone…
When caregivers read aloud with their children in the earliest years, it helps stimulate healthy brain development and form the safe, stable,…
Transgender and gender-diverse youth often face discrimination and barriers in accessing health care, which can lead to significant harmful mental…
Recent major events, including the COVID-19 pandemic (with its disproportionate effect on communities of color) and high-profile incidents of racial…
Pride Month cannot be mentioned without discussing the Stonewall Uprising, a movement that was largely led by transgender women of color such as then…
As a young therapist, the more interventions I was trained to use, the more overwhelmed I felt about delivering them. While I was learning the ins…
We are just beginning to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children over the last two years. Although children generally had lower…
As policy-oriented research professionals who work with children and adolescents, we took some time during Mental Health Awareness Month to reflect…
During the 2021-22 school year, children and adolescents regained some sense of normalcy as in-person learning and extracurricular activities resumed…
The number of children suffering from mental health conditions has drastically increased over the past decade. Many of these children experience…
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