• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

Facing challenges with your child's behavior? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, provides expert guidance on how to differentiate between normal childhood misbehavior and genuine behavioral concerns.

Data from more than 15,000 lower-income children ages 2 to 6 reveals higher-than-expected levels of significant behavioral dysfunction. Co-authors urge increased screening, prevention programs in ...

A smartwatch system helps parents shorten and defuse children's severe tantrums by providing real time behavioral intervention strategies.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who were born extremely preterm -- after only 25 weeks of pregnancy or early -- are more likely to have emotional and behavior problems than their peers who were ...

Kids who need behavioral health care increase a family’s risk of financial hardship, researchers said.

Researchers report links between third-trimester exposure to endocrine disruptors and higher behavioural risk scores in early childhood.

Scores from a commonly used measure of behavior problems in young children may be skewed depending on the primary language, education, and sex of the caregiver who fills out the survey, as well as the ...

Educators are being asked to take on more or larger classes alongside the Herculean challenges of lost instructional time and a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. Credit: Jackie ...

At least 1 in 20 families struggles with an aggressive child. Such children and their families need and should be offered evidence-based treatments. When these families get ineffective therapies—or no ...