With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.
Tag: Children and Childhood
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We Pay to Keep the Old Out of Poverty. Why Won’t We Do the Same for the Young?
Child poverty is a not a problem without a solution.
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Pre-K Is Powerful, but Only if You Do It Right
Low-quality pre-K programs can be worse than useless. High-quality ones can change lives.
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Few Transgender Children Change Their Minds After 5 Years, Study Finds
But the study, which began in 2013, may not fully reflect what’s happening today, when many more children are identifying as trans.
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What Scientists Know About the Unusual Hepatitis Cases in Children
Officials are exploring the possibility that a common adenovirus might be responsible for the unexplained cases, which remain rare.