When you notice your child is worried, gently name what might be going on for them. Resist the urge to immediately reassure ...

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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 ...

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 ...

FILE – Dr. Gene Beresin, executive director of the Clay Center for Healthy Minds at Mass General, says caregivers have to assume that kids of all ages are seeing overwhelming images online as a ...

Overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically magnified the collective anxiety of an already restless world. As adults attempt to navigate the stormy seas of uncertainty, children and teens are ...

Clinical psychologist Elkins’s insightful debut examines anxiety in parent-child dynamics. Many well-meaning parents, she argues, try to protect their kids from anxiety but, in doing so, block them ...

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health challenges among youth. Anxiety is often categorized into one of several different ‘disorders’ grouped around a core set of symptoms. Everyone ...