Have you noticed a worried look on your child’s face more often lately? Maybe they're refusing to go to school, having “meltdowns” at the bus stop, or developing mysterious stomachaches that land them ...

Childhood today looks very different from even a generation ago. Kids and youth are often juggling busy schedules and academic pressure, along with social media and constant stimulation. Many children ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – As families across the Lowcountry get ready for the return to school, Dr. Rakin Hoq, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, discusses the mental health challenges that children ...

Childhood anxiety disorders represent a spectrum of conditions that significantly affect emotional and social development. These disorders, including separation anxiety, social phobia and generalized ...

The results showed that children with a food allergy had a significantly higher prevalence of childhood anxiety. Food allergies were not associated with symptoms of childhood depression or with ...

A new study from the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland screened school-age children for anxiety and examined the efficacy of the Master Your Worries programme ...

Research has shown that young people who face adversity such as traumatic or stressful events during brain development are 40% more likely to develop anxiety disorders by adulthood. But most people ...

As children, they had all learned that their emotions were not accepted in their childhood homes. As children, they all had, ...

A new WalletHub survey looked at the 182 largest cities in the U.S. to see which places are the happiest. The survey found that Fremont, Calif., just outside of San Fransisco, is the happiest city in ...

Eco-anxiety in little kids? These early childhood teachers are on the case. A preschooler in Raegan Haines' class at Palmer Elementary in Denver prepares to plant wildflowers in a pot she decorated.

When anxiety hides behind irritability, anger becomes a mask for fear, need, and vulnerability. Therapy helps trace these signals back to their emotional roots.