Poster session 3 starts at 10:30 AM. Welcome to stop by my poster regarding gender dysphoria #aacap #aacap2023 #mentalhealth #childpsychiatry #psychtwitter #MedTwitter

Interested in #advocacy? #AACAP has great tools to help you get started. Review our “Be an Advocate” page to access some resources, including a recent Virtual Advocacy Training Video. bit.ly/3TNk23p #mentalhealth

This is surreal. I am going to San Francisco! #Psychiatry #childpsychiatry #MedTwitter #MedEd #MatchDay

Check out San Francisco Japantown Food for Gaza Rapid Response Campaign's fundraising page - donate.wck.org/fundraiser/536…

VERY EXCITING NEWS!!! Our guide on how to write LGBTQ+ research manuscripts is now available online in all of its extremely long glory! This was such a labor of love among an amazing team of researchers, clinicians, mentors, and students. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-…

Our team used the real-world database to fill the eating disorder studies gap. Thank you American Psychiatric Association Medscape Psychiatry Medscape reporter @meganbrooks Go, team! Kevin Young Xu, MD MPH @angelaLiu 몽몽 @huixie Psychiatric Comorbidity Prevalent in Eating Disorders medscape.com/viewarticle/ps…

Dream team led by the best Kevin Young Xu, MD MPH

UCSF’s Muses Clinic for Minoritized Youth, led by Chase Anderson, MD, and Brittany Bryant, LCSW, provides mental health care to children and young adults affected by discrimination. psychiatry.ucsf.edu/news/say-what-…

New pub alert in Nature Mental Health - Among pregnant people w/ opioid use disorder, almost no one in methadone clinics is getting treatment for ADHD. ADHD meds are more common in the bupe setting and are associated w/ ↑ treatment retention & ↓ overdoses. nature.com/articles/s4422…

Due to an unforeseen schedule change, the session this evening will be rescheduled to a later date. We look forward to seeing you on 7/20 to learn from Dr. Cynthia Rogers!

We have a new paper out in BMJ Neuro on “psychogenic nonepileptic seizures” #PNES There's often a notion that PNES is “untreatable” or “purely psychiatric.” But our study suggests MDs may want to first review &reconcile the med list before jumping the gun neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/6/2/e0…

New study published in BMJ Neurology Open found most individuals on benzodiazepine treatment before psychogenic non-epileptic seizure diagnosis continued BZD treatment. Fábio Nascimento @kevinyxu Hillary Samples Greta Bushnell @taewooparkmd Cacter. Binx, M.D. M.Sc. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ bit.ly/3XZWdah

Another work from the dream team! Stay tuned for more.

Grateful be covered by the platform to romote neuodiveristy research MINDS from Queen Mary University of London. linkedin.com/posts/minds-ne…

Thank you team! Kevin Young Xu, MD MPH Tashalee Brown, MD, PhD, Madeline Jansen, A. Ning Zhou, Wisteria Deng Sphinx Hui Dom Moog, Katherine Liebesny!

One bright spot: Despite hundreds of millions in anti-LGBTQ+ ads this election, every incumbent LGBTQ+ member of Congress was reelected and newcomers Sarah McBride, Emily Randall, and Julie Johnson are joining their ranks. Even amidst the darkness, there is progress.

40% of patients receiving Epidiolex® did not have FDA-approved diagnostic indications (#LGS, #DravetSyndrome, #TSC) in the medical record. This real-world data analysis👇 examines #CBD prescribing practices in the US. Kevin Young Xu, MD MPH sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Be Captivated by Child Psychiatry (AACAP) youtu.be/r8ed-9NEt7Y?si… via YouTube

Depression is increasingly common among young adults transitioning to adulthood. A Review in The Lancet Psychiatry explores the factors that affect the resilience of young adults to depression: hubs.li/Q03hBf970

Our latest paper is out in JAMA Pediatrics, discussing the upcoming Supreme Court case that aims to overturn conversion therapy bans. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…