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 ...

National data show cholesterol levels among children and teenagers in the United States are improving, but obesity continues ...

Oona Hanson is a writer, educator and parent coach who specializes in helping families navigate diet culture and eating disorders. A common misconception about eating disorders is that they afflict ...

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 ...

Researchers analysed the impact of the prolonged war on the mental health of children and adolescents in Ukraine. Reported ...

Exposure to lead remains one of the leading environmental risk factors for early death and poor health globally.

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 ...

When Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022, Roman and his family were forced to flee their hometown near Kyiv as Russian forces closed in. They travelled hundreds of ...