Conditions and illnesses

Conditions and illnesses

Q: I recently discovered that my daughter has been visiting pro-anorexia-type websites, referred to her by a friend at school.

What can I do to ensure she stops visiting them and that she is not taking the content of these sites as fact?
Conditions and illnesses

In the past few months, my child has been sleepwalking. It’s only happened a couple of times. Should I be concerned?

Conditions and illnesses

True or False: About 1 in every 2 teenage girls and 1 in every 4 teenage boys have tried dieting to change the shape of their bodies.

Conditions and illnesses

Understanding self-injury

Conditions and illnesses

Is your child a reluctant reader?

Conditions and illnesses

Beyond picky eating: Understanding Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Newly recognized category of eating disorder gives doctors tools to diagnose children who have a different motivation to limit food intake

Conditions and illnesses

How to guide family conversations about COVID-19

This document is designed to help healthcare professionals guide those speaking to children about COVID-19. The following are considerations to communicate in guiding parents and caretakers in conversations on the pandemic. 

Conditions and illnesses

How to support kids’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Conditions and illnesses

Looking through a broken mirror: Understanding distorted body image in children and teens

“When negative thoughts about body image get so overwhelming and distressing that they interfere with a child’s or teen’s daily functioning, that should be a red flag that something more is going on,” says Dr. Holly Agostino, a specialist in Adolescent Medicine at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

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