One in five children in the U.S. lives with a parent who has severe depression; research identifies this as a major risk factor for difficulties in a child’s life.
Children may benefit from mental health medications, which may be helpful in treating autism, obsessive compulsive disorder or depression.
Angry feelings often bubble into outbursts for children and teens. Parents may wonder whether their child's behavior is normal; Yale Medicine can help.
A child whose angry outbursts and aggressive behavior makes life difficult may have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD); it affects 16 percent of teens.
Suicide, whether spontaneous or planned, is a tragic act that has many long and far-reaching impacts.
Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in children. Learning healthy ways to calm down and handle fears is an important life skill.
ADHD can profoundly affect how well a child functions at home, at school and socially. A comprehensive approach goes beyond prescribing medication.
No two children develop in exactly the same way, but the phases of child development are, for a healthy child, logical and predictable.
A child who doesn't develop at the same rate as others of the same age may have a developmental delay; the problem may be present at birth or arise later.
For many reasons, including anxiety, depression, social issues and learning problems, an estimated 10-15% of kids are chronically absent from school.