Globally, 1 in 7 adolescents aged 10–19 experiences a mental disorder - yet major gaps remain in how mental health care is ...

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.

Nearly a quarter of parents in the United States say at least one of their children is not receiving the mental health care they need, according to Harvard researchers, exposing critical gaps to ...

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

Whether a child is born with a heart disease, or develops a heart condition later in life, it can impact their social and emotional well-being. Frequent medical appointments, surgeries, hospital stays ...

In the ever-accelerating whirl of the 21st century, where every aspect of life is measured, rated and incessantly documented on social media, teenagers are not just living our lives; we are ...

Let’s say that I am a school-age child and can’t quite grasp a certain concept—say, multiplication—and to hide my embarrassment and so as to distract everyone from noticing my inability to multiply ...

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they ...