PediPsych
@pedipsych.bsky.social
Site for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist David Rettew, MD. Faculty at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Author of Parenting Made Complicated. Blogger on Psychology Today. My radically moderate views are my own.
The Shifting Rates of Youth Psychiatric Diagnoses. My latest post in #Psychology Today. What do you make of these latest trends? www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abcs...
The Shifting Rates of Youth Psychiatric Diagnoses
A new study finds some youth psychiatric diagnoses are increasing over time while others are dropping fast. What do all these changing numbers actually mean?
www.psychologytoday.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Shifting Rates of Youth Psychiatric Diagnoses. My latest post in #Psychology Today. What do you make of these latest trends? www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abcs...
My latest post on @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abcs...
Core Influences on Youth Mental Health Haven’t Gone Away
Genetics, the prenatal environment, and adversity still have major impacts on youth mental health even in age of smartphones and helicopter parenting.
www.psychologytoday.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My latest post on @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abcs...
Had the opportunity this week to speak to the Oregon Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Mental Health on the psychiatric risks of youth cannabis use. Eager to see what might come out of this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Addiction experts raise alarm about cannabis use among Oregon’s youth
High-potency cannabis use among Oregon’s adolescents is putting them at risk of psychosis and other mental health problems, according to mental health and addiction experts who want the state to adopt...
www.opb.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Had the opportunity this week to speak to the Oregon Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Mental Health on the psychiatric risks of youth cannabis use. Eager to see what might come out of this. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Reposted by PediPsych
New #JAACAPConnect article: Lab to Smartphone: Beyond Social Media, Helicopter Parenting, and COVID: Don’t Forget about Foundational Influences of Youth Mental Health by David Rettew, MD. @pedipsych doi.org/10.62414/001...
April 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New #JAACAPConnect article: Lab to Smartphone: Beyond Social Media, Helicopter Parenting, and COVID: Don’t Forget about Foundational Influences of Youth Mental Health by David Rettew, MD. @pedipsych doi.org/10.62414/001...
My latest Lab to Smartphone column in @jaacapjournals.bsky.social.
We hear how social media, helicopter parenting, and COVID affect youth mental health, but don't forget about core influences: genetics, prenatal env, early experience. @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
jaacapconnect.org/article/1371...
We hear how social media, helicopter parenting, and COVID affect youth mental health, but don't forget about core influences: genetics, prenatal env, early experience. @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
jaacapconnect.org/article/1371...
Beyond Social Media, Helicopter Parenting, and COVID: Don’t Forget about Foundational Influences of Youth Mental Health | Published in JAACAP Connect
By David Rettew. Far too many youth are struggling with their mental health, and there is no shortage of theories for what might be behind this troubling trend.
jaacapconnect.org
April 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My latest Lab to Smartphone column in @jaacapjournals.bsky.social.
We hear how social media, helicopter parenting, and COVID affect youth mental health, but don't forget about core influences: genetics, prenatal env, early experience. @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
jaacapconnect.org/article/1371...
We hear how social media, helicopter parenting, and COVID affect youth mental health, but don't forget about core influences: genetics, prenatal env, early experience. @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
jaacapconnect.org/article/1371...
My last blog on @psychologytoday.com looks at how we can reduce the use of clinical language to describe non-clinical emotions while still appreciating that mental health entities really do exist on a spectrum. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abcs...
Being Orderly Is Not OCD
It can offend people when clinical terms are used in a non-clinical context, even if many mental health conditions really do exist on a continuum.
www.psychologytoday.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My last blog on @psychologytoday.com looks at how we can reduce the use of clinical language to describe non-clinical emotions while still appreciating that mental health entities really do exist on a spectrum. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abcs...
Hello Bluesky community! I had over 2k followers on Twitter but just couldn't stay there and hoping to build a community here. Looking to engage on lots of topics including child mental health (with the stray fly fishing post occasionally).
April 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Hello Bluesky community! I had over 2k followers on Twitter but just couldn't stay there and hoping to build a community here. Looking to engage on lots of topics including child mental health (with the stray fly fishing post occasionally).