Gail Fernandez, MD, Author at Child Development Institute

Troubled Children Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder May Fare Better with a Different Diagnosis

Gail Fernandez, MD — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:00:38 +0000

In a paper published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health,Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston examine the evolution of the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder […]

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Does Excessive TV in Early Childhood Negatively Impact Later Functioning?

Gail Fernandez, MD — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:18:27 +0000

A recent study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reports that early television exposure has negative effects on children’s functioning at follow-ups as […]

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School Avoidance: Why You Can’t Ignore It

Gail Fernandez, MD — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:00:49 +0000

In the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, child and adolescent psychiatrist Martin Knollmann and colleagues describe school avoidance due to emotional issues and compare […]

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Adolescent Boys Who Practice Mindfulness Meditation Show Improved Mood and Contentment

Gail Fernandez, MD — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:36:21 +0000

Mindfulness refers to being completely in touch with and aware of the present moment, as well as taking a non-evaluative and non-judgmental approach to your […]

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One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder

Gail Fernandez, MD — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:53:20 +0000

Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have reported on the prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative […]

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Therapy Dogs Reduce Stress in Autistic Children

Gail Fernandez, MD — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:46:58 +0000

A new study by researchers at the Universite of Montreal published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology reveals that Autistic children who are exposed to the presence […]

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Two and Three-Year-Old Children are Excellent Negotiators

Gail Fernandez, MD — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:13:49 +0000

Torgeir Alvestad, a researcher from the University of Gothenberg in Sweden, has written a fascinating thesis paper based on studying the play of two and […]

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New Study Find Signs of Schizophrenia in Babies

Gail Fernandez, MD — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:56:42 +0000

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Columbia University have found that signs of schizophrenia can be detected in babies as […]

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Binge Eating Severity Found to be Directly Related to Severity of Childhood Sexual or Emotional Abuse

Gail Fernandez, MD — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:10:49 +0000

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is an eating disorder in which an individual eats large quantities of food, usually very quickly. However, unlike Bulimia, the person […]

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Parental Suicide Increases Rate of Suicide and Psychiatric Disorders in Children

Gail Fernandez, MD — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:28:07 +0000

In the May 2010 issue of The Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the results of a large study at John Hopkins Children’s Center reveals […]

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At-Risk Children who Display Self-Regulation of Behavior have Better Academic Performance

Gail Fernandez, MD — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:52:14 +0000

A new study to be published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly by Michaella Sektnan reveals that at-risk children who are better able to control their […]

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Current Criteria for Diagnosing Eating Disorders May Exclude Sickest Patients

Gail Fernandez, MD — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:34:12 +0000

A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital has found that many patients who do not meet full […]

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Parental Spanking Linked to Aggressive Behavior in Children

Gail Fernandez, MD — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:56:52 +0000

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that mothers who spank their 3 year old children are placing them at risk for becoming […]

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Young Bullies seek power, status, and affection.

Gail Fernandez, MD — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:06:40 +0000

A new study from the Netherlands published in the March/April 2010 issue of the journal Child Development looks at underlying reasons that children bully their peers. […]

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Rethinking ‘‘Generation Me’’

Gail Fernandez, MD — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:18:48 +0000

In a scientific analysis of approximately one-half million high-school seniors over three decades, Brent Donnellan and Kali Trzesniewski of the University of Western Ontario argue teens […]

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Superior Academic Performance Linked to Increased Risk for Bipolar Disorder

Gail Fernandez, MD — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:52:45 +0000

Young students who excel at school, particularly in creative subjects, are almost 4 times more likely develop bipolar disorder during the next decade than teenagers […]

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