A new study from the Research Center for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland screened school-age children for anxiety and examined the efficacy of the Master Your Worries program ...

One in 140 children has selective mutism (SM), a form of anxiety making them unable to speak in public. Some of these children have improved during online learning, using technology to talk to their ...

Last year, our bright, friendly little girl met her teacher for the first time on the Thursday night before school started. This young lady was in pre-K and had never been to “big school” before. She ...

Have you noticed a worried look on your child’s face more often lately? Maybe they're refusing to go to school, having “meltdowns” at the bus stop, or developing mysterious stomachaches that land them ...

On her first full day of preschool, Alexander Lane’s 3-year-old daughter stayed in the car for an hour at drop-off because she didn’t want to go inside. On the second day, she entered class in tears. ...

Schools need more than an anti-bullying assembly once a year, experts say. Long-term approaches can be effective, especially ...

Anxiety in children often looks very different from anxiety in adults. Children experience varied emotions growing up, some ...

InStride Health reports on the rising pediatric anxiety crisis and parental burnout, emphasizing the need for effective ...

Credit: Getty Images. Lisa Beauvois, FNP, PMHNP, a nurse practitioner at Johns Hopkins Pediatric Psychiatry, shares insights on school avoidance and refusal. The rates and severity of school avoidance ...

Performance anxiety presents as unusually strong worry or fear around activities that involve accomplishment. It can be experienced in any number of areas that range from public speaking to athletic ...