The FAMILY consortium, an EU-funded study, aims to understand the intergenerational transmission of mental illness risk ...

Mental illness in the United States is more common than most people may think. More than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness and one in six U.S. youth aged 6 to 17 experience a mental ...

For years, pediatricians have faced a growing dilemma. Families increasingly turn to primary care for help with mental health concerns, yet many pediatricians feel underprepared, and child ...

Shared mental health challenges in couples can shape a child’s emotional well-being. New research shows that mental health conditions often affect both partners — and can deeply influence their ...

On April 23, a week prior to the start of Mental Health Awareness Month, the New York Times published the article, "‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens." I imagine that ...

Credit: Getty Images Children are presenting with complex, sometimes co-occurring, psychiatric disorders. Pediatric primary care providers play a vital role in educating and treating these patients ...

There should be no phoning it in as a parent. Screen-addicted moms and dads are ruining their kids’ language development skills by typing, texting, tweeting and TikTokking, new data warns. “Parental ...

For decades, one of the greatest challenges to treating neurological disorders like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is that its symptoms often resemble those of several other conditions.

As a child psychiatrist, I've seen how the diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is frequently misunderstood and ...