Health care leader discusses Florida's youth mental health crisis, and highlights new model to support kids before challenges become crises.

Forty percent of high school students say they feel sad and hopeless, and 20% have seriously considered suicide. A chronic shortage of mental health experts has made the problem worse, but UC San ...

November 6, 2025 - A new law aims to get more teachers instructing kids in how to sound out words to be able to access the joy of reading. With school out for the summer, some students may no longer ...

The growing public awareness around mental health is in many ways a positive development. When mental health issues are less stigmatized, students are more likely to seek the care they need. But some ...

When Gideon Dobson's parents need to recharge, he spends time at Ryan House, where children with "life-limiting" medical ...

When it comes to medical or psychiatric issues challenging our children of all ages, we often know something is wrong but don’t readily know how to assess the problem. We might see changes in their ...

"If a child has a video game problem, they are often playing it for several hours a day as opposed to a gamified digital mental health intervention that might be 20-45 minutes, three times a week," ...

Pediatricians should screen children annually for mental or developmental issues, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends in a new clinical report. The recommendation comes in response to a ...

Children who post publicly online even occasionally are more likely than their peers to report feeling depressed and anxious and get too little sleep, according to the results of a new, large-scale ...

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