Increasing rates of mental health conditions: The study found that the rate of children with mental health conditions has continued to increase before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The study found that the proportion of children with anxiety jumped from 7.1 percent in 2016 to 10.6 percent in 2022 (the most recent year of publicly available data). Depression increased from 3. ...

The United States Preventive Service Task Force recommends screening for anxiety in children and adolescents ages 8 to 18 years and screening for major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents ...

Prevalence rates clearly depend on the specific disorder, age, gender, and sample characteristics, but in general, most pediatric anxiety disorder experts believe that about 10% of all children ...

Anxiety disorders are very common in autistic kids, affecting about half of all children at some point in time. Autistic children can experience anxiety in their own ways. They might be afraid of ...

We also know that the intensity of ADHD symptoms and anxiety can vary over time. However, we do not know why this is the case. On average, 5 per cent of children and adolescents have ADHD ...