A Ponte Vedra Beach-based nonprofit plans to fund summer camps across the country to help children cope with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. JACK Mental Health Advocacy is offering $15,000 to ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can affect children and adults. Obsessive thoughts are difficult to spot, but compulsive behaviors are usually more obvious. OCD often develops between the ages of ...

An online program to help children and teenagers beat anxiety has been shown to be as effective in the long term as treatment with a therapist, potentially improving access to care while saving ...

A 7-year-old child has an anxiety attack at school. She becomes frustrated and angry. Instead of letting her emotions explode ...

"The treatment that we're delivering , called exposure based CBT or cognitive behavioral treatment, that's really the gold standard for youth with anxiety," said Dr. Jennifer Freeman, the director of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The eight-question Child Behavior Checklist-Obsessive Compulsive subscale was the most effective screening tool.

As the first day of school approaches, many children feel nervous about going back to class. For little ones starting preschool for the first time, the transition to school can seem even more daunting ...

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 ...

Colin King has received funding from the Miggsie Fund through the Lawson Foundation to support the creation of a parent storybook resource guide. Amy Rzezniczek received funding from the Social ...

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 ...