Western researcher Shannon Stewart is developing quality indicators to measure, and ultimately improve, mental health services for children and youth.

While screen use can be helpful for connection, it can also become a substitute for deeper, face-to-face interaction. With schools closed and schedules scattered, parents may rely more on devices to ...

From schoolwork and homework to friendships and extracurriculars to potentially dealing with difficult situations like bullying, there is a lot for kids to navigate during the school year. Fortunately ...

Children who post publicly on social media even occasionally are more likely than their peers to report feeling depressed and ...

Overall, the data shows that in 2020, the percentage of emergency department visits for mental health emergencies rose by 24% for children between the ages of 5 and 11 and 31% for those 12 to 17 ...

A few months after kids returned to classrooms for in-person learning, educators and health care providers are overwhelmed with the number of kids struggling with behavioral and mental health issues.

A mental health crisis of care for kids. Mental health experts say what Simner and Ann described experiencing is part of a larger crisis across the country, where a record number of kids in need ...

For the Mental Health Minute this week we want to spend time honoring local losses, compounded by national, and international ...

Children’s mental health – and the lack of access to appropriate and effective services – is a long-standing problem that hasn’t been addressed with urgency and systematic long-term action.