Anjali sat at the kitchen table in front of a blank piece of paper. She sat, and sat, and sat. Then she got up from the table and walked away. The unfinished task? A Valentine’s card for her ...

Children ages 8 and older should be screened by physicians for anxiety, according to new guidelines published Tuesday. The new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force apply to ...

The increasing rate of children suffering from anxiety in the United States has been a major driver of the pediatric mental health crisis. About 5.8 million children in the United States had diagnosed ...

As a child, I had a great deal of anxiety. If you’ve ever seen me speak in public, that might surprise you. But anxiety among children is extremely common and affects almost all children, to varying ...

Mental health among youth and adolescents is in crisis and nationally mental health is a crisis among adults, as well. For the first time, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends anxiety ...

Anxiety is a family inheritance nobody wants to pass down. Yet anxious parents often watch helplessly as their children develop the same fears, worries, and avoidance patterns they’ve struggled with ...

Anxiety disorders are very common in autistic kids, affecting about half of all children at some point in time. Autistic children can experience anxiety in their own ways. They might be afraid of ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety frequently coexist, especially in children. While they are distinct conditions, they often have overlapping symptoms. As a result, it can be ...

Birth order plays a role in mental health, according to a new study. Being the eldest sibling or being an only child may be linked to anxiety and depression in kids as young as age 8, according to a ...

But it is never too late to reverse the side effects faced by children who have had too much screen time as infants, said ...

ABC News' Dr. Jennifer Ashton shares what to know. Children ages 8 and older should be screened by physicians for anxiety, according to new guidelines published Tuesday. The new recommendations from ...