Shopping for toys during the holiday season always takes a bit of resourcefulness. You need to learn what’s new, what’s out, and what’s flying off the shelves–and then carefully consider whether your ...

“It’s hard to be a kid these days,” says child and adolescent psychologist Becky Lois. Here's how to support a kid in need Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to ...

I lived with it as a child, watched it almost destroy me as a teen, and learned to manage it as an adult. As a clinician who specializes in mood disorders, I like to teach kids and teenagers how to ...

No child is immune from having a bad day. When young kids have tantrums, anger and irritability, it's tempting to chalk it up to hunger, exhaustion or any number of other causes. This was the case for ...

Depression is a debilitating mental disorder that is felt as persistent sadness and loss of interest in activities. It's more than just feeling down or an occasional "sad day"; it's a serious ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Today is Childhood Depression Awareness Day. It’s to help increase awareness about children and depression. In Mommy Matters, we want to look at five signs that could tell ...

A novel psychotherapeutic intervention for depression in preschoolers was associated with reduced use of psychotropics and intensive mental health services in preadolescence, a new study has found.

Certain SSRI medications, such as Lexapro or Prozac, have been approved for use in children for mental health conditions. Medication is often reserved for moderate-to-severe cases. It may work best ...

Neuroscientist M. Catalina “Cat” Camacho spends a lot of time playing with kids. They’re not her children, but participants in her research, which looks at how young brains learn to process emotions ...