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FDA strengthens warning that untreated constipation caused by schizophrenia medicine clozapine (Clozaril) can lead to serious bowel problems
FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening an existing warning that constipation caused by the schizophrenia medicine clozapine (Clozaril, Fazaclo ODT, Versacloz, generics) can, uncommonly, progress to serious bowel complications. This can lead to hospitalization or even death if constipation is not diagnosed and treated quickly. Constipation is a frequent and known side effect of clozapine, but serious and fatal events continue to be reported.
‘It’s Rampant’: Disposable Flavor Pods Are the New Thing in Vaping
The New York Times
Sheila Kaplan
“Students were telling me that everybody had gone to Puff Bars, which are disposable,” said Lauren W. Williams, a teacher at McCracken, near Paducah, Ky. “The one we confiscated here this week is Banana Ice. Students are not using Juuls anymore because no one wants menthol or tobacco.”
For information related to this topic, check out AACAP's Facts for Families pages: Tobacco and Kids, and Marijuana and Teens, as well as the policy statement on Electronic Cigarettes.
The dangers of teen vaping is one of the topics addressed in the 2020 Hansen B. Douglas, MD, Update course – registration is open now
Genetics contributes to mental health risks in adoptees
Science Daily
Elsevier
The adoption of children is a fundamental method of building families. However, adoptees may face subsequent adaptive challenges associated with family stress at the time of birth and during the adoption process. It should be no surprise, then, that adoptees have a small but well-known increased risk for depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders.
For more information related to this topic, check out AACAP's Facts for Families page: Adopted Children
We Lost Our Son to Suicide. Here’s How We Survived.
The New York Times
Julie Halpert
Our son is part of an epidemic of youth suicide. He was one of 6,252 Americans ages 15 to 24 who officially died by suicide in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Any loss of a child is devastating. But a suicide death takes a particularly severe toll on the survivors.
For more information related to this topic, check out AACAP's Suicide Resource Center
Exploring the school-age social, emotional, and behavioral health landscape
EurekAlert!
University of Connecticut
How you interact, how you feel, and how you act: The three basic tenants of social, emotional, and behavioral health are simple concepts, yet they can be some of the strongest predictors of well-being as children grow into adulthood. While a large number of children and adolescents meet the diagnostic criteria for mental health disorders, only a fraction actually receive needed services - and it often takes a crisis situation to initiate access to that help.
FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening an existing warning that constipation caused by the schizophrenia medicine clozapine (Clozaril, Fazaclo ODT, Versacloz, generics) can, uncommonly, progress to serious bowel complications. This can lead to hospitalization or even death if constipation is not diagnosed and treated quickly. Constipation is a frequent and known side effect of clozapine, but serious and fatal events continue to be reported.
‘It’s Rampant’: Disposable Flavor Pods Are the New Thing in Vaping
The New York Times
Sheila Kaplan
“Students were telling me that everybody had gone to Puff Bars, which are disposable,” said Lauren W. Williams, a teacher at McCracken, near Paducah, Ky. “The one we confiscated here this week is Banana Ice. Students are not using Juuls anymore because no one wants menthol or tobacco.”
For information related to this topic, check out AACAP's Facts for Families pages: Tobacco and Kids, and Marijuana and Teens, as well as the policy statement on Electronic Cigarettes.
The dangers of teen vaping is one of the topics addressed in the 2020 Hansen B. Douglas, MD, Update course – registration is open now
Genetics contributes to mental health risks in adoptees
Science Daily
Elsevier
The adoption of children is a fundamental method of building families. However, adoptees may face subsequent adaptive challenges associated with family stress at the time of birth and during the adoption process. It should be no surprise, then, that adoptees have a small but well-known increased risk for depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders.
For more information related to this topic, check out AACAP's Facts for Families page: Adopted Children
We Lost Our Son to Suicide. Here’s How We Survived.
The New York Times
Julie Halpert
Our son is part of an epidemic of youth suicide. He was one of 6,252 Americans ages 15 to 24 who officially died by suicide in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Any loss of a child is devastating. But a suicide death takes a particularly severe toll on the survivors.
For more information related to this topic, check out AACAP's Suicide Resource Center
Exploring the school-age social, emotional, and behavioral health landscape
EurekAlert!
University of Connecticut
How you interact, how you feel, and how you act: The three basic tenants of social, emotional, and behavioral health are simple concepts, yet they can be some of the strongest predictors of well-being as children grow into adulthood. While a large number of children and adolescents meet the diagnostic criteria for mental health disorders, only a fraction actually receive needed services - and it often takes a crisis situation to initiate access to that help.