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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

A new study estimates that nearly 17 million children and teenagers in the United States live with a parent who has a substance-use disorder. The research, led by Texas State University, the ...

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 ...

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.