A Turkish version of the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index, a widely used child and teen PTSD questionnaire, separated trauma-exposed adolescents with and without PTSD well in a 157-person clinic study.1 Higher scores were linked to more problems at home, at school, with friends, and in development.1 Research Highlights Strong screening accuracy: total scores told apart …
Children and teens in cancer treatment who felt their family worked well together reported fewer sleep problems, in a 2026 study of 518 young patients in China.1 Lower depression and anxiety accounted for a sizable share of that link. Research Highlights Better family functioning, fewer sleep problems: each 1-point rise on a 0–10 family functioning …
In a 2026 study of 138 teens with ADHD at a clinic in Turkey, school discipline, frequent absences, family factors and gaps in ADHD treatment were far more common in those who also had conduct disorder.1 A machine-learning model built from school, family and treatment records rarely flagged the wrong teen, but it missed about …
Children with ADHD often find math harder than their classmates do, but a weak gut sense of “how many” does not seem to be the reason. In a 2026 Italian study of 20 children with ADHD and 43 children without it, the ADHD group scored lower in math yet estimated quantities of dots, flashes and …
Cognitive disengagement syndrome, the daydreaming, foggy, slowed-down pattern once called sluggish cognitive tempo, overlapped strongly with ADHD symptoms in a large Iranian survey of teens and adults. Even so, about half of the people with the highest scores on one measure did not score high on the other.1 Research Highlights Strong overlap with ADHD: among …
Drug use and internet fraud often fed each other, according to 22 young adults in addiction treatment in southwestern Nigeria who took part in focus groups for a 2026 study. They also described both as driven by peer pressure, lack of jobs and mixed community approval, and as carrying real costs in guilt and distress.1 …
Medical and nursing students who worried more than usual about being replaced by AI reported less enthusiasm for studying at their next diary entry, according to a 10-day diary study of 751 students in China. That drop in enthusiasm was then linked to more anxiety at the following entry.1 Research Highlights AI worry came before …