BY DR. PANCHAJANYA PAUL, MD* Autism is increasingly common, affecting about one in 31 children in the United States.

Can poverty exacerbate mental health problems among the youngest family members? A new study by an international team, including a researcher from SWPS University, demonstrates that financial problems ...

ACROSS many communities, children’s mental health challenges remain largely misunderstood, overlooked or mistaken for simple behavioural problems. A child who becomes withdrawn, aggressive, fearful or ...

Research by Stanford scholars shows that access to public preschool improves diagnosis rates and support for developmental ...

American children’s health has declined profoundly over the past few decades, a new study shows, and the issues are so serious that children in the US are dying at a much higher rate than those in ...

Congress hears alarming testimony about AI chatbots harming children's mental health, with experts warning of serious ...

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

Jamison went from earning a steady salary of $60,000 (roughly the median income for American workers (1)) to being unemployed ...

The health department will focus on five priority health concerns – chronic disease, maternal and child health, mental health, substance use disorder, and violence and injury prevention – in the ...

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