Child Study Center News

Yale researchers have conducted the first-ever large-scale assessment of the risk of working in child care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the following seven faculty recently promoted to/named rank of professor.

“When you think about problem behavior like a tantrum, you have to break it down into the specific things the child is expected to do,” said Dr. Denis Sukhodolsky. “Then the parent can have a plan.”

Stephanie Yarnell-Mac Grory, MD, PhD, and Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, are the first and senior authors, respectively, of the paper, "Debates Regarding the Classification, Categorization, and Conceptualization of Problematic Internet Use and Video Gaming."

Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys spoke up about his mental illness and was questioned. Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH, a resident in the Albert J. Solnit Integrated Adult/Child Psychiatry program, argues in Psychiatric Times his bravery should be commended, not criticized.

Watch Women's Health Research at Yale's webinar on how science drives discovery, how studying the biology and social experience of women makes it better, and how better science leads to better lives.

Yale Child Center faculty along with international experts respond to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings at this year’s Civil Society 20 (C20)’s virtual summit.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental health condition that can be mild or debilitating. Over the years, there has been much discussion surrounding whether or not OCD is genetic and if there is a specific gene linked to OCD. Christopher Pittenger MD, PhD, Director of the Yale OCD Research Clinic, explains what you need to know about genetics and other risk factors for OCD.

Four Yale affiliates are co-authors of a paper published in Addiction Biology that sought to systematically review studies that investigate pharmacotherapies for pain among persons with opioid use disorder.