Recognizing mental health issues in young people is a critical aspect of parenting and professional care that often flies under the radar. Children and adolescents face a myriad of challenges as they ...

Recognition of signs suggesting adolescents are struggling with mental health issues can increase the chances kids get the help they need.

Complete global and domain-specific screens for anxiety should begin at age 8 years, and this screening should be expanded at age 12 for depression and suicide, if not warranted earlier. HealthDay ...

Schools should be ideal places for children who have faced trauma to process their experiences. Yet too often, school systems ...

The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental health problems like depression, a new study says. Much of ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to improve children’s health. But his sweeping changes to the nation’s ...

Many of the 81% of students not screened for vision problems were likely unable to focus on the classroom whiteboard in the ...

New research from the University of Toronto found that childhood neglect, even in the absence of childhood sexual abuse and physical abuse, is linked with a wide range of mental and physical health ...

The authors noted that, as part of regular health supervision visits and surveillance, screening should begin within the first month of life to identify postpartum depression in caregivers. HealthDay ...