In children and adolescents who have experienced child abuse, the body appears to remain in a state of alert for too long, ...

Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness. So what can actually help? Our ...

Doctor’s visits for children’s anxiety rose by more than 250 percent over 10 years, according to a study of nearly two million children. By Ellen Barry A study of insurance claims for 1.8 million ...

When schools closed in the spring of 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of children and adolescents ...

Verbal abuse of children could be as damaging to their mental health in adulthood as physical abuse, researchers have found. A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found that people ...

When schools closed in the spring of 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of children and adolescents ...

Akron Children's recently partnered with Sonar Mental Health, which offers 24/7 text-based mental health support.

Summer could impact mental health for children and teens with a lack of structure, as explained by Desiree McAllister, the ...

What if some of the risk of anxiety and depression in children is not only about the genes they inherit, but also about their parents' genetic dispositions and how these influence the home environment ...

For six long years, my children suffered from frightening psychiatric symptoms that resisted treatment. When a surprising ...