Parenting in the hospital is stressful. Moms and dads naturally focus on their ill child, sometimes to the neglect of their own mental health. A Stanford Medicine team has found an effective way to ...

Anxiety disorders are on the rise in kids, and while the social effects of COVID-19, shutdowns, and other related changes accelerated the rise, rates were already growing rapidly. The prevalence can ...

Performance anxiety presents as unusually strong worry or fear around activities that involve accomplishment. It can be experienced in any number of areas that range from public speaking to athletic ...

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 ...

The pressures of youth sports can cause a lot of performance anxiety in kids. Here are some ways to alleviate that stress and help your child enjoy their sport of choice. Kids often start to feel game ...

To avoid that, psychologists share that it's best for parents and grandparents to steer clear of these seven "nice" phrases ...

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 in children is often misunderstood because it doesn’t always show up as obvious fear or worry. Many kids express anxiety through behaviours that seem unrelated, like sudden anger, restlessness ...

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 ...