“Many children with problem behaviors go underdiagnosed," an expert says. Reports of two 6-year-olds being arrested at school in Florida -- including one for throwing a temper tantrum -- came as a ...

A Rutgers Health-led study finds that certain parental techniques like monitoring child activity significantly offset the ...

Physicians tend to focus on specifically defined disorders and are interested in the longer-term outcomes of people suffering from these disorders. For instance, psychiatrists are concerned with the ...

Parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their children's behavior, especially for those at ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who were exposed to large amounts of alcohol in the womb may have difficulty processing and reading emotions, leading to problems with their social skills and ...

As young children are being increasingly introduced to smartphones and YouTube earlier in life, there is a need to examine how exposure to these outlets affects their emotional and behavioral ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A settlement agreement between Nevada and the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to stop the practice of taking children with behavioral health disabilities away from their homes to ...

It had been a hard year. I held my 13-year-old body in a chair across from my then-therapist. We were talking about what was wrong with me; at least, that's how I thought of it. In the year that had ...

A Boys Town child psychiatrist told attorneys and child advocates Thursday they should challenge the use of psychotropic medications for children -- especially powerful antipsychotic drugs -- and look ...