The American Academy of Pediatrics has long been an advocate for protecting our children from gun violence. Events like Columbine and Newtown and Parkland and Uvalde quickly come to mind. For the first time in history firearms now [...]

There are many identified patterns of behavior that we know about. One of them is the pattern used by men who sexually abuse women. It was codified by a psychologist named Jennifer Joy Freed. She gave it the [...]

Last week I wrote about neuropsychological testing in schools. Some people may have the perception that these tests are only useful in a school setting. That is not true. There are many neurological conditions that are marked by [...]

As a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, I saw many patients with learning disabilities. The school psychologist and the neuropsychological testing that they did was vital in making the initial diagnosis. It was just as important in following the [...]

Energy drinks have become common. There have been medical studies to look at their effects in adolescents. A recent study looked at 782 of these studies. They weeded them down to the 57 most relevant ones. Most people [...]

There is an old adage that goes, “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.” That saying clearly predates the Internet and social media. There are some exchanges [...]

It has been almost 200 years since Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution. One of the key tenets of that theory is survival of the fittest. That tenet has played itself out multiple times throughout history. Scientists [...]

I saw the play Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. It was a depiction of adolescent angst. There were a lot of themes about how difficult it was for some adolescents to find their way. They did a good [...]