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 ...

Pediatric patients with neurodevelopmental disorders experience a substantially increased risk for co-occurring psychiatric conditions.

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

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 ...

Dual orexin receptor antagonists (DORAs), a class of drugs approved to treat insomnia, may also be effective for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD), a new study suggests. About 3 million ...

There is no single treatment for oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). It commonly involves a combination of training and therapy tailored to the needs of the child and family. Oppositional defiant ...

The treatment options offered to patients with eating disorders in real world settings largely depend on the judgment and training of clinicians and local constraints on which treatments can be ...

What is REM sleep disorder? REM sleep disorder (RBD) is a type of parasomnia associated with synucleinopathies ––a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders thought to share a common pathologic ...

Student behavior problems continue to plague schools, and educators say they’ve actually grown more serious, according to a recent survey by the EdWeek Research Center. Nearly half of teachers, school ...