Heavy use of marijuana by teens and young adults with mood disorders -- such as depression and bipolar disorder -- is linked to an increased risk of self-harm, suicide attempts and death, a new study ...

Chloe, 8, suffers from DMDD (disruptive mood dysregulation disorder). A young girl in Texas with special needs has touched hearts everywhere after a video of her at a baseball game went viral. In the ...

Like adults, children and adolescents can get depressed, displaying persistent sadness and loss of interest in once pleasurable activities, including a sense of discouragement and feelings of ...

This is the first in a three-part series investigating North Carolina's psychiatric residential treatment facilities where children with complex behavioral needs are sent for care. When children with ...

Although most research and attention focus on adults, children and adolescents suffer from chronic pain and mental health disorders in numbers as high as adults. A study published in JAMA Pediatrics ...

Is your child often irritable or prone to temper outbursts? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies the distinctions between bipolar disorder and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), ...

"Public fears about kids killing themselves [are] sometimes, I think, worse than the medication itself," Dr. Sheela Gade told an audience of child development students at a colloquium yesterday at the ...

Dr Tina Bhat The seasonal change brings with it shifts in temperature, sunlight, shrinking day light hours, climate effects ...

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia overlap in some ways. For instance, both can lead to psychosis, a state of mind causing a detachment from reality. Although they have some similarities, they’re very ...