Clinical disorders in children, including symptoms, behavioural conditions and developmental concerns, helping parents better understand challenges and seek appropriate support.
Evidence from across Africa suggests brief, locally adapted programmes delivered by trained non-specialists can reduce anxiety and depression, but schools need coordinated referral systems and support beyond the classroom. Schools are often the first place where mental health problems become…
University of Iowa research suggests addiction-like patterns of social media use may be more closely linked to depression and anxiety in teenagers than time spent online alone. A University of Iowa researcher is arguing that the question is not simply…
California Teen Center is expanding access to structured mental health treatment for teenagers through a virtual intensive outpatient programme designed to fit around school and family life. California Teen Center is widening access to adolescent mental health care in California…
Smartphone tracking and Fitbit data suggest late-night use is delaying teenagers’ bedtimes and cutting their sleep, with social media dominating the crucial minutes before bed. Teenagers need more sleep than most adults, yet many are heading into the school day…
Tulane University research finds that gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers with someone to confide in report substantially lower rates of depression and suicidal thoughts. Gay, bisexual and other sexual minority teenagers who have at least one trusted person to turn…
Findings from two long-running PRAM studies suggest that depression, stress and previous mental illness during pregnancy can influence early bonding, infant stress responses and children’s development. Maternal mental health is often discussed in one narrow frame: whether postnatal depression harms…
A debate in Luso has highlighted the crucial role of families, GPs and Portugal’s 24-hour 1411 helpline in recognising suicidal distress before it becomes a crisis. The message coming out of recent suicide behaviour conferences in Luso is stark: prevention…
A study of Houston high school students found that those facing both food insecurity and commercial sexual exploitation exposure were less likely to say they would turn to parents or trusted adults for help. A study of Houston high school…
Early grades, homework battles and school refusal can reveal hidden difficulties with reading, attention, organisation or maths , and point to support rather than blame. When the first report card of the school year lands in a parent portal or…
Nearly 300 NSW GPs can now diagnose ADHD and start medication, with another 300 entering training as the state seeks to cut specialist waits and treatment costs. New South Wales is moving to make attention deficit hyperactivity disorder care more…
Brain scans of 80 boys suggest that difficulties with speech, eye contact and gestures may be linked to how attention systems maintain focus and shift between important cues, not only to language circuitry. Brain scans of 80 boys suggest that…
A UCSF study using artificial intelligence, genetic data and lab-grown brain tissue identifies mostly new protein interactions that could help explain how diverse mutations converge on shared biological pathways. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have drawn what…
