While not all impulsive behaviour speaks of mental illness, a wide range of mental health disorders which often emerge in adolescence, including depression and substance abuse, have been linked to impulsivity. So, finding a way to identify and treat those who may be particularly vulnerable to impulsivity early in life is especially important.

Classified as: impulsivity, children, Department of Psychiatry, cecilia flores, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Douglas Research Centre
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Published on: 21 Sep 2022

Different types of brain damage caused by a concussion may lead to similar symptoms in children, according to research led by McGill University. A new way of studying concussions could help develop future treatments.

While most children fully recover after a concussion, some will have lasting symptoms. The findings published in eLife help explain the complex relationships that exist between symptoms and the damage caused by the injury.

Classified as: concussions, injury, children, symptoms, Guido Guberman
Published on: 17 May 2022

Public health officials say they're investigating cases of severe liver disease "of unknown origin" among children in Canada as global scientists race to understand a mysterious hepatitis outbreak that has affected nearly 200 youths around the world. The latest available data from the World Health Organization shows at least 169 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported in close to a dozen countries, with the bulk of the reports — 114 — from the U.K. (CBC News)

Classified as: McGill experts, hepatitis, liver disease, children, hepatitis C, selena sagan, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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Published on: 2 May 2022

The IHSP's Alissa Koski and her colleague Shelley Clark have been receiving some media attention from their recent article:

Child Marriage in Canada

Koski A and Clark S
Population and Development Review (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12369
Published January 8th, 2021

Abstract:

Classified as: Institute for health and social policy, Social Determinants of Health, Child Health, children, child marriage
Published on: 29 Jan 2021

Mothers with multiple children report more fragmented sleep than mothers of a single child, but the number of children in a family doesn't seem to affect the quality of sleep for fathers, according to a study from McGill University.

Classified as: sleep, mothers, fathers, children, babies, first-time, experienced, Samantha Kenny, Marie-Hélène Pennestri
Published on: 12 Jan 2021

Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study from researchers at McGill University. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.

Classified as: child marriage, Canada, children, common-law, Alissa Koski, shelley clark
Published on: 8 Jan 2021

A new study from researchers at McGill University is looking into the link between holidays and nut allergies in children. The study found that bouts of anaphylaxis brought on by peanut allergies increased by 85 per cent on Halloween and 60 per cent on Easter, compared to the rest of the year. (CTV News)

Here are some experts from McGill University that can provide comment on this issue:

Classified as: Halloween, nut allergies, children, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Melanie Leung
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Published on: 28 Oct 2020

Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children, but a new study shows that when spouses love each other, children stay in school longer and marry later in life.

Classified as: parents, Love, children, spouses, Nepal
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Published on: 13 Feb 2020

A review of academic and grey literature to identify ethical issues associated with the provision of mental health care during disasters, with particular attention to children and families.

Authors: Matthew Hunt, Nicole E. Pal, Lisa Schwartz and Dónal O’Mathúna

Link to article here.

Classified as: children, Disasters, ethics, Global Health, mental health
Published on: 28 Jan 2019

Professor Steven R. Shaw, of our Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP), spoke to CBC Radio's All In A Weekendhosted by Sonali Karnick, earlier this week. The topic was "How to get your kid to go to bed...and actually sleep," and the interview was presented in conjunction with ECP's Effective Parenting public lecture series, ongoing until May 3rd, 2018. Dr.

Classified as: parenting, effective parenting, sleep, children
Published on: 10 Apr 2018

A unique collaboration among Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada, CHU Sainte-Justine and McGill University has enabled researchers to identify genetic mutations involved in a rare disease that causes scoliosis and bone malformations.

The findings, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, are likely to help doctors recognize the genetic disease, and could someday lead to therapies for the condition.

Classified as: Shriner's Hospital for Children, genetic diseases, genetic mutations, medicine, children, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center
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Published on: 2 Nov 2017

For most people, the end of a war offers relief, hope, and an end to violence. This may not be the case for children born of wartime rape, however, who often endure continued brutality in the post-war period.

That finding emerges from a new study of children born to mothers who were abducted, held captive, and sexually violated by members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group led by Joseph Kony during the civil war in northern Uganda from 1986 to 2007.

Classified as: children, Myriam Denov, Uganda, peace, war, wartime rape, marginalization
Published on: 11 Apr 2017

Parents don’t like it when children lie. But what do the kids themselves think about it? New research suggests truth telling isn’t black and white.

As children get older, their moral evaluations of both lies and truths is increasingly influenced by whether they think this behaviour will cause harm to either others or themselves.

Classified as: children, lying, Victoria Talwar, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, society and culture, social and moral development
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Published on: 5 Oct 2016

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Reducing opportunistic infections such as TB in children with HIV could save both lives and money

Classified as: medicine, faculty of medicine, health, children, HIV, World Health Organization, sub-Saharan Africa, Marie-Renee B-Lajoie
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Published on: 19 Jul 2016

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