Children may benefit from mental health medications, which may be helpful in treating autism, obsessive compulsive disorder or depression.
For people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), symptoms associated with going through a terrifying experience last long after the traumatic event.
Childhood depression is indicated by persistent feelings of sadness that interfere with the ability to function in daily life. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
For many reasons, including anxiety, depression, social issues and learning problems, an estimated 10-15% of kids are chronically absent from school.
ADHD is a condition marked by problems with attention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
A child or teen with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has intrusive, persistent thoughts and compulsions that make life hard at home and in school.
One in five children in the U.S. lives with a parent who has severe depression; research identifies this as a major risk factor for difficulties in a child’s life.
Severe mood swings and extreme irritability are just two characteristics of personality disorders.
Everyone feels anxiety at times, but a person whose anxiety interferes with living a normal life may have an anxiety disorder, and it can be treated.
Pediatric movement disorders are neurological conditions that affect the speed, fluency, quality and ease with which a child moves.