Can poverty exacerbate mental health problems among the youngest family members? A new study by an international team, ...

A new program aimed at helping children and teens during a behavioral health crisis is seeing success shortly after it ...

A large-scale longitudinal study challenges the assumption that poverty amplifies the link between parental distress and child mental health problems.

Screen time is a useful metric as it’s easier to measure, but the relationship kids and teens have with screen media matters ...

There will be one facility for girls and one for boys, with six beds each, at a cost of about $2 million per year.

According to a 2025 study by researchers at Cornell University and Columbia University, 40% of participating children showed ...

The bill, SB1560, requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year.

A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 ...

After 22 months of relentless bombardment, mass displacement and loss, every child in Gaza craves peace and stability. Here's how UNICEF is helping children.

Gov. JB Pritzker joined state officials on July 31 to sign legislation that will provide Illinois public schools with ...

Pritzker said it’s important to overcome the stigma around getting help for mental health issues and to treat mental health ...

A bill is now in effect to ensure universal mental health screenings are available at all Illinois public schools, making it ...