A clinical child psychologist told Newsweek that parents overlook anxiety in young children, expecting they will grow out of it.

Key points Gathering information about your child’s whereabouts and activities is a key strategy to reduce risk behavior. Parental monitoring strategies can help parents discover and respond to ...

Children who refuse to correct their attention-getting behavior often have parents who threaten, promise or predict consequences but rarely follow through on them.

Because of their odd behavior, people with obsessive compulsive disorder are misunderstood, and often miserable about their obsessions. "I never had a normal childhood," said Danielle.

PANDAS: Strep Throat Can Lead to OCD in Children Karli Bossman's behavior changed instantly from happy to afraid of socks.

While such behavior is often brushed off as quirky habits or perfectionism, it could actually be a sign of something much deeper — a mental health condition known as OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive ...

Researchers examined the DNA of over 53,000 people with OCD and over 2 million people without OCD, gathering data that could ...