Higher maternal BMI before pregnancy is linked to increased risks of epilepsy and intellectual disability in young children, ...

Children. The word evokes images of happy, playful, carefree youth. But the reality is that millions of American children suffer from mental health problems, and many don’t get the care they need.

A study in China found that altered brain activity in the left precuneus mediates the association between childhood trauma ...

Detecting a child’s mental disorder can be difficult because many of the behaviors can also occur as part of normal development. As a result, some parents are hesitant to seek help. To help you ...

Tammy McDaid is raising money to get her son treatment to slow the progression of his rare genetic disorder, Sanfilippo ...

The final straw for Carolyn Alves came last fall when she tried to help her daughter Cecelia dress for kindergarten. The volatile 6-year-old had worked herself into a frenzy as she tried on outfit ...

Psychologists typically do not diagnose children with personality disorders. This is because their personality is still developing and can change quickly as they grow. However, a child may show early ...

Two-year-old Benjamin Lowe was diagnosed with Angelman syndrome at just 6 months, causing him to miss critical milestones.

Rumination disorder (also called merycism) is an eating disorder in which a person -- usually an infant or young child -- brings back up and re-chews partially digested food that has already been ...

Parents in eating disorder treatment are not the problem. They are the solution. Research consistently shows that ...