Parenting advice from an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical School and Butler Hospital.
Posts by Richard Rende, PhD
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If ADHD is more common than ever, does that mean that all kids with ADHD are getting diagnosed?
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So although we don’t know for sure if the rates of ADHD are increasing, it’s possible that they are, and it would be important to determine what factors could be in play?
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Many parents have seen reference to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that suggests that rates of ADHD have risen over the past decade.
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By now, nearly all parents have not only heard about the “SpongeBob Study,” but have formed an opinion about it.
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Parents have access to all kinds of scientific information these days via multiple media sources. This is, in principle, a good thing. But let’s face it, scientific findings are being used to promote parental fear that far exceeds the actual information content that can guide parenting. Does SpongeBob SquarePants cause learning problems? Are kids being poisoned by apple juice?
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My last two posts discussed recent studies that indicate how maternal depression can have a direct environmental effect on children. Today, I focus on the flip side: if moms get treatment that reduces their depression, there is good evidence that there are immediate benefits for their children.
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In my last post, I discussed a recent study that provided new evidence on how kids with depressed moms are at risk for depression.
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Depression is a common disorder: it’s estimated that one in three individuals will experience clinical depression in their lifetime. It’s even more common in females, who are at twice the risk as males.
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It’s been known for quite some time that siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have an elevated risk for autism themselves (somewhere between 3% and 10%).
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With all the conversation about babies and gender happening this week (check out Sherry Huang’s Goody Blog post in case you haven’t been following the story), we adults have had an opportunity to voice our opinions, but what exactly would a baby be thinking about all this?
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