Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Predictable routines can help children feel calm and in control. Cavan Images/Cavan Collection via Getty Images As a child, I had ...

Anxiety is a family inheritance nobody wants to pass down. Yet anxious parents often watch helplessly as their children develop the same fears, worries, and avoidance patterns they’ve struggled with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped ...

NEW YORK-- CBS News New York's Back to School series continues with a focus on mental health. Returning to school can come with mixed emotions for some students. Stella Costakis is looking forward to ...

If you’ve ever felt anxious before delivering a speech, taking a test or performing on stage, you’re not alone. Most people feel anxious on occasion and it can actually be a good thing. Evolutionarily ...

If you ever felt as though you wanted a space for your child or teen to talk about and process their feelings, while working on their personal goals, you are taking a step in the right direction.

The start of a new school year often brings excitement, but it can also stir up feelings of stress and anxiety for children and teens. Between adjusting to new teachers, balancing academics with ...

Twenty-two percent of U.S. doctors prescribing initial treatment for children with a new diagnosis of anxiety or depression ...

Children of anxious parents are not more sensitive In their experiment, the researchers also looked at whether children of parents who themselves suffered from social anxiety were more sensitive to ...

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.