A novel psychotherapeutic intervention for depression in preschoolers was associated with reduced use of psychotropics and intensive mental health services in preadolescence, a new study has found.

One of the sad facts of life is that mental health disorders such as depression are afflicting people at an ever-younger age. Children, even preschoolers, are not immune to depression. Evidence ...

Childhood depression is a serious mental health condition that can affect children’’s emotional well-being and daily functioning. While it’s normal for children to experience sadness and mood changes ...

I lived with it as a child, watched it almost destroy me as a teen, and learned to manage it as an adult. As a clinician who specializes in mood disorders, I like to teach kids and teenagers how to ...

A long-running UK cohort study found that exposure to parental depression from pregnancy through young adulthood was linked ...

Preliminary findings from a national birth cohort suggest strong associations between exposure to fathers' depression in ...

It is the time of year when parents may notice changes in their children’s moods and behaviors. Depression and anxiety can affect kids as young as six, though sometimes even younger. Pediatrician Dr.

In popular culture, dads are stoic, sensitive and strong. So powerful is the mystique of the happy dad that celebrities, joke books – even hard seltzers – carry the label. Real life is different.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In families with a history of child abuse, a mother's depression may increase the risk that she will act aggressively toward her child, a new study suggests. The study, ...