Many people do not believe in the legitimacy of the labels currently provided by mental health professionals who claim that they are “diagnosing and treating mental disorders.” Much has been written ...
Credit: Getty Images Children are presenting with complex, sometimes co-occurring, psychiatric disorders. Pediatric primary care providers play a vital role in educating and treating these patients ...
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Research by the African Development Bank and UNESCO shows that children in Senegalese households affected by mental illness face significantly worse nutrition and lower educational attainment, even ...
A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By ...
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Supporting an adult child with mental illness: A guide for parents

In the wake of the recent, devastating and heartbreaking loss of Rob and Michelle Reiner—killed by their own adult son who ...
The consequences of an underfunded and overstretched child mental health system can be devastating for Connecticut’s kids and families. The combination of children with serious psychiatric illness ...
Breastfeeding during the first 4 months of life is linked to reduced emotional and behavioural problems in preschoolers; ...
Psychologists typically do not diagnose children with personality disorders. This is because their personality is still developing and can change quickly as they grow. However, a child may show early ...
OPINION: As someone with family who have navigated California's system of care for serious mental illness, there is so much ...
Adding a daily fish oil supplement to psychotherapy showed no significant benefit over placebo for kids and teens with ...