More than half of pediatric emergency departments conducted blood work or urine screens on children with mental health ...

For example, young adults who got a smartphone at age 13 scored an average of 30 on the Mind Health Quotient (MHQ), a global ...

Anxiety, depression and other mood disorders in children have become more prevalent due to influence from a rapidly ...

The number of kids seeking mental health care at the emergency department increases at the start of a new school year.

Utah families now have 24/7 access to children’s mental health care at the new Primary Children’s Behavioral Health Center in ...

State’s lack of child psychiatrists, especially in rural areas, leaves pediatricians to face conditions beyond their ...

The list feels endless, when it comes to the 24-hour news cycle and increased social media visibility of school shootings, airline crashes, the political landscape, climate change and general human ...

Children who go to emergency departments in a mental health crisis and need to be hospitalized often end up stuck there for days, a new study finds. That happens in roughly one in ten of all mental ...

When we talk about mental health, too often the conversation begins after a crisis has occurred. A child struggles in silence ...

It’s hard for many parents to navigate the challenges that come with a child who is struggling mentally. A new law can help.

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 ...

Teens are turning to AI chatbots for companionship, raising questions about safety and mental health. Here, experts share guidance for parents on what to watch for.