Young people around the world are increasingly suffering from anxiety disorders. A team from the Mental Health Research and Treatment Center (FBZ) at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has investigated ...

Anxiety is a reality for millions of kids. Over 9% of children aged 3 to 17 have been diagnosed with anxiety. That's nearly 6 million children in the US. For young children, anxiety might show up as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen Z teens and tweens are experiencing anxiety at higher rates that previous generations. Gun violence, social media, and an ...

A new study from the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland screened school-age children for anxiety and examined the efficacy of the Master Your Worries programme ...

Have you noticed a worried look on your child’s face more often lately? Maybe they're refusing to go to school, having “meltdowns” at the bus stop, or developing mysterious stomachaches that land them ...

Learn the rationale and process for conceptualizing and assessing anxiety disorders in young children, along with practical approaches to early identification including behavioral observation and ...

As a child, Trudi Sullivan would become very anxious by changes in her routine. No matter how hard she tried, she could not calm herself when that happened. Many years later, she was diagnosed with ...

With increased activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continuing across the region, pediatric clinicians in New Jersey say they’re seeing more young children exhibiting signs of ...

Randomized trial results show anxiety among children in the emergency department was significantly reduced by a 10-minute visit with a therapy dog and handler. The therapy dog visit also reduced the ...

Stress in early childhood can rewire how a child’s gut and brain communicate, potentially leading to long‑lasting digestive troubles such as abdominal pain, irritable bowel symptoms, and motility ...