Children who show early signs of problem behavior are more likely to have thought of killing or harming themselves, suggests new research in the latest issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. Past ...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused many disruptions in the daily lives of children and families around the world, which has been associated with various mental health challenges among youth. However, a new ...

Conduct problems—including persistent rule-breaking, aggression, irritability and difficulty following school rules—are ...

Researchers are identifying behavioral, environmental and neural factors through which genetic risk for mental health problems is expressed in youth. When trying to understand how genetic influences ...

Mapping differential brain structures for psychiatric problems has been challenging due to a lack of regional convergence and poor replicability in previous brain-behavior association studies. By ...

Youth at-risk behaviors include actions that significantly increase the likelihood of adverse consequences such as poor health, injury, or social issues Modern teens encounter unique pressures like ...

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits denote a set of affective and interpersonal characteristics—marked by diminished empathy, shallow affect and lack of remorse—that identify a subgroup of young people at ...

Oregon ranks dead last in balancing the prevalence of youth mental illness with access to care, given high rates of youth with mental health conditions and the lack of available treatment, according ...

When foster youth act out, whether through tantrums, withdrawal, or defiance, society too often labels them as “problem kids.” Teachers may see them as disruptive, caregivers describe them as ...