The number of referrals to children and young people’s mental health services hit a record high in March, figures have shown.

Many people do not believe in the legitimacy of the labels currently provided by mental health professionals who claim that they are “diagnosing and treating mental disorders.” Much has been written ...

Credit: Getty Images Children are presenting with complex, sometimes co-occurring, psychiatric disorders. Pediatric primary care providers play a vital role in educating and treating these patients ...

Scottish ministers say the CAMHS service is only right for certain young people with serious mental health difficulties.

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been the cornerstone of psychiatric diagnosis in the United States since its first edition in 1952. Initially developed to classify ...

The link between childhood mental illness, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and adverse economic outcomes in adulthood is more prevalent and stronger than previously thought, according ...

A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered ...

A new study led by Murdoch University has found that children of parents with severe mental illness are more likely to experience cognitive difficulties. The study, "Cognitive performance in offspring ...

More than two decades after the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11, 2001, the children of emergency responders ...