Maternal eating disorders and high BMI were strongly associated with offspring who had sleep disorders, social functioning ...

A 15-year-old girl with a condition that makes it hard to talk says she wants to fulfil her dream of performing on stage.

Background: Social anxiety disorder imposes impacts of functional disability, poor educational achievement, loss of work productivity, social impairment, greater financial dependency, and impairment ...

Social anxiety disorder is sustained, in part, by distorted thoughts about oneself and the belief that one needs to be ...

Adverse birth outcomes further increased the risk of disturbances with feeding in childhood and infancy (HR 4.53, 95% CI 2.97 ...

Although most research and attention focus on adults, children and adolescents suffer from chronic pain and mental health disorders in numbers as high as adults.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Social media use in teenagers is strongly correlated to higher anxiety and depression, according to new ...

Anxiety disorders are ... break down family, social and work relationships and may allow the pursuit of unrealistic expectations to consume their life, leading to severe anxiety,” he explains.

Children living in the most disadvantaged areas are more than four times more likely to develop severe mental health ... research from the Economic and Social Research Institute, which found ...

Severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating mental health condition. It causes a person to have persistent, recurring, intrusive, and often upsetting thoughts (obsessions), along with ...

A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders ... anxiety. Complex PTSD includes all the symptoms of PTSD but also has some additional, more ...

For treating other conditions – such as anxiety, pain, PTSD, or bipolar disorder – there are differences ... People with long-term or severe depression may lose some important connections ...