What's the best way to help a child with depression? Aim for fast and effective action. Both the quality of parent-child communication and the tone of the family environment are important.

Many adults see efforts to make emotional space for kids as a problem, not a solution. It’s not just space, but what happens ...

Recognizing the signs of child depression can be challenging, especially because kids don’t always express their feelings in the same way adults do.

Parents and teachers may find it difficult to detect depression in young children, that can affect their social skills and academics, a new study shows. Here are steps parents can take to help ...

More than 40 million adults (19.1%) have an anxiety disorder. Parents can play a decisive and positive role in helping their children cope with anxiety. It starts with education. Text Callout ...

A new study has revealed that engaging in regular exercise after giving birth may significantly reduce the risk of postnatal ...

depression and other mental health conditions have been steadily on the rise. Cognitive behavioral therapy, which teaches the child coping skills, and medication may help. But for some kids and ...

Being the eldest sibling or being an only child may be linked to anxiety and depression in kids as young ... and getting adequate sleep can also help the symptoms of anxiety, according to the ...

Even if you're already getting depression treatment with medicine and therapy, tending to your inner self can help you. Changing your lifestyle can have a big effect on your depression.

Linsey Singers and son Jack had to move 170 miles from Aberdeenshire to get help ... child behind and only being able to bring a baby with me. "I just couldn't do that," she said. Post-natal ...

A new, computerized, mental health assessment tool may allow doctors to quickly identify children experiencing anxiety or depression before surgery, suggests new research presented at the ...