Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has ...

Although it can affect anyone, this lesser-known disorder commonly affects boys and young men. View Entire Post › ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — New research shows that people with eating disorders are more harshly judged than those suffering from depression, making it much harder for them to seek ...

and professor of psychology at the Yale School of Medicine. Children may develop phobias or anxiety disorders for a variety of reasons, including genetics, direct negative experiences with an ...

The research, published in Communications Psychology, found that while severe childhood stress increases the risk of anxiety, ...

Nearly 17 million children and adolescents in the United States are estimated to live with a parent who has a substance-use disorder, according to a study led by Texas State University, University of ...

TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- People start developing unhealthy perceptions of their own bodies in early ...

Research has shown that young people who face adversity such as traumatic or stressful events during brain development are 40% more likely to develop anxiety disorders by adulthood.

Additionally, many online master’s in child psychology degree programs require ... with substance abuse, behavioral disorder and mental health counselors boasting an impressive 18% job growth ...

About 5 percent of children will be diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder between the ages of 5 and 11, more of them boys than girls, according to the DSM-5.