Preventive mental health care begins at home and in schools. A clinical psychologist explains why emotional safety, early intervention and teacher training can protect children from long-term ...

A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute finds that mental health care gaps for U.S. children remain ...

Children who go to emergency departments in a mental health crisis and need to be hospitalized often end up stuck there for days, a new study finds. That happens in roughly one in ten of all mental ...

Verbal abuse of children could be as damaging to their mental health in adulthood as physical abuse, researchers have found. A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found that people ...

Some buildings carry meaning beyond their design or location. Sometimes, they symbolize a community’s commitment to something bigger. For Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, a new building ...

The Wake County Public School System is expanding its school-based mental health program, connecting students with licensed therapists on campus. Families and educators say the program is helping ...

CLEVELAND — When your child says, "I don't want to go to school," it might be more than just a case of the Monday blues. A new national survey reveals that school avoidance is affecting families ...

The holiday season is often described as the most wonderful time of the year, but for many children, it can cause mental health challenges. With the sights of colorful holiday lights and the smells of ...

Dr. Steven Rogers of the Connecticut Children's Medical Center speaks about youth suicide prevention while Hector Glynn, chief executive of The Village for Families and Children, listens on Wednesday, ...

Questions like "will getting a pet benefit our child's mental health?" are increasingly common and pertinent. In Spain, for instance, more than half of all households now have one or more pets.

Dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities, according to a new survey.