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- SDBP Stands Against Racism
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- 2019 SDBP-NAPNAP symposium web-based content available!
- 2018 SDBP-NAPNAP symposium web-based content available!
- SDBP Statement: Separation of children from families at the border
- International Collaborative Office Rounds 2 (iCOR2)
- SDBP response to USPSTF draft recommendation on screening for ASD in young children
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- The General Pediatrician and Screening for Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) Webinar
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- SDBP participated in the Global Approaches to Integrated Care:
Translating Science And Best Practices Into Patient-Centered Health Care Delivery
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Media News
Media Highlights: Posts
- SDBP members provide guidance regarding COVID-19With communities responding rapidly to the changing situation and tons of news coming over the airwaves, how do we respond to our children’s questions about coronavirus, even the very young ones? This blog will serve as a running collection of all the guidance that various members of SDBP are providing to their communities around the country […]
- Racism Should Be Treated as an Adverse Childhood ExperienceAdiaha Spinks-Franklin lead a group of clinicians from SDBP to develop a workshop on racism as an Adverse Childhood Experience that impacts health, but is currently underappreciated and under-screened by physicians. We presented this at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting this past weekend. Check out the summary article on Medscape.Tags: racism; ACES; PAS meeting; […]
- A brief intervention to help parents manage children's screen timeResearchers explored the potential benefit of a brief intervention to help busy parents gain knowledge and skills to manage their children's daily screen time effectively. The intervention consisted of a 1-hour instructional session followed by a 1-hour hands-on workshop with the assistance team. The instructional session provided background information regarding the positive and negative impacts […]
- What is the vmPFC and why is it important?The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) has been implicated in a variety of key cognitive processes, many with analogy among humans, primates, and rodents; social cognition, emotional regulation, and reward/value-based decision-making. In this brief review, the authors pull together representative pieces of research in each of these areas (running the gambit of data from animal behavioral […]
- Bullying remains about perceived differences1 in 4 students in grades 5 through 12 report being bullied according to updated survey data from nonprofit YouthTruth Student Survey. Verbal bullying, in person, was the most common experience. Perceptions of difference remain a potent driving force behind bullying. The top three reasons why students though they were being bullied were how they looked, […]
JDBP Current Issue
Editor-in-Chief: | Lee M. Pachter, DO |
ISSN: | 0196-206X |
Online ISSN: | 1536-7312 |
Frequency: | 9 issues / year |
Ranking: | Pediatrics 47/121 |
Impact Factor: | 2.353 |

Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics – Current Issue
- Journal Article ReviewsNo abstract available
- Nutritional Rickets Due to Severe Food Selectivity in Autism Spectrum DisorderABSTRACT: Objective: Studies have detected differences in various measures of bone health between individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their peers. However, these measures do not amount to direct clinical evidence of increased orthopedic pathology in this population. Some of the most compelling evidence to this effect comes from case reports of nutritional rickets […]
- Autism and Access to Care During the COVID-19 CrisisCASE: Brian is a 6-year-old boy who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and global developmental delay at age 2. He has no other health conditions of note. Brian lives with his parents and an older brother, who also has ASD, in a rural area 2 hours from the center where he was diagnosed. […]
- Brief Report: What Diagnostic Observation Can Teach Us About Disruptive Behavior in Young Children with AutismABSTRACT: Objective: Approximately 50% of children with autism exhibit severe tantrums, defiance, and/or aggression. We propose that the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS)—a standardized clinical observation modeled after, and complementary to, the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)—could enhance earlier identification of disruptive behavior (DB) in autism populations and inform treatment planning. Methods: We adapted […]
- Use of Stimulants in Patients with Comorbid Anorexia Nervosa and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a Structured Inpatient SettingABSTRACT: Objective: Clinicians may be concerned about using psychostimulant medications in patients in whom weight gain is desired because of their potential side effects of appetite suppression and weight loss. This report depicts the successful treatment of 2 adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in an inpatient eating disorders unit. Method: […]