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17 Mar

Nearly 1 in 3 Children Now Live With a Chronic Health Condition

A new study finds more than 30% of kids 5-17 years old are living with a chronic condition such as ADHD, autism, asthma and prediabetes.

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26 Jun
Education Suffers After Even A Single Brush With Childhood Trauma

Education Suffers After Even A Single Brush With Childhood Trauma

Violence, addiction and abuse can keep children a step behind other kids when it comes to their education, a new study says.

Children who’ve experienced only a single traumatic event are more than twice as likely to be chronically absent from school due to health p...

04 Jun
Troubled Kids Wait a Half-Day — Or More — In ER To Get Mental Health Care

Troubled Kids Wait a Half-Day — Or More — In ER To Get Mental Health Care

Troubled children and teenagers are languishing hours in chaotic hospital emergency rooms, waiting for a psychiatric bed to open, a new study says.

About 1 in 3 kids who go to an emergency room (ER) amid a mental health crisis wait at least 12 hours to be transferred to ...

12 Feb
Weight-Obsessed Teens Face Triple the Odds for Self-Harm

Weight-Obsessed Teens Face Triple the Odds for Self-Harm

Even if a teen is at a healthy weight, just thinking they are overweight can greatly raise their odds for self-harm, a new study finds.

“What we found was that the perception of being overweight has a much stronger effect of suicidal ideation than the objective mea...

16 Jan
Teen Stress Is Expensive, Experts Say -- So How Can We Reduce It?

Teen Stress Is Expensive, Experts Say -- So How Can We Reduce It?

Stressed-out teenagers appear to be dragging down the U.S. economy, a new study says.

Teenagers suffering from anxiety or depression are less likely to enter the w...