Detecting a child’s mental disorder can be difficult because many of the behaviors can also occur as part of normal development. As a result, some parents are hesitant to seek help. To help you ...

Programs involving parents are linked to immediate improvements in disruptive behaviors among children with disruptive behavior disorders, a meta-analysis finds.

Recognition of signs suggesting adolescents are struggling with mental health issues can increase the chances kids get the help they need.

Physicians tend to focus on specifically defined disorders and are interested in the longer-term outcomes of people suffering from these disorders. For instance, psychiatrists are concerned with the ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, and paying attention. Researchers in Europe added a learning robot to ...

Childhood is a time of growth, learning, and development. Your child is increasing in height and weight, learning new physical and social skills, and laying the foundations of adulthood. If you have ...

NYU Langone’s Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers Dialectal Behavior Therapy- Adolescent (DBT-A) Program ...

Roughly every month I receive an e-mail from a parent somewhere in the world asking for help with a child who is violent, angry or aggressive. Some people describe being physically beaten or having ...

Fears are a normal part of human development and serve as survival mechanisms, helping prevent children and adults from engaging in risky behavior. But once fears become debilitating or impair daily ...

Misbehavior is common among children. However, repeated and persistent defiance, displays of aggression, hostility, and destructive tendencies may be signs of childhood antisocial behavior. Many ...

NYU Langone’s Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offer Clinical Psychology Externship at our Child Study Center ...