To help their son overcome social anxiety, a set of parents took a controversial approach. Instead of sitting beside him on flights, they intentionally book his seat separately, encouraging him to ...

A friend recently called me in tears: Her son, a freshman in college, was having panic attacks. “It’s all my fault!” she ...

America’s children and teens love social media. But concern is growing that using it is causing more harm than good, and ...

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

As a clinical psychologist specializing in parenting and family relationships, I have noticed a trend of swapping out ...

We no longer stunt our children’s bodies. Yet our new cultural norms stunt their curiosity and competence via excessive adult ...

A new international study published in Translational Psychiatry has found that individuals who experienced childhood ...

A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders like PTSD, anxiety, or ...

School cellphone bans are key to combating skyrocketing rates of adolescent anxiety and depression, author Jonathan Haidt ...

Prolonged exposure to social media can negatively impact mental health, especially among teenagers, and result in anxiety, ...

Some anxiety is normal, even beneficial, during pregnancy and after birth. But for some new mothers, anxiety begins to ...