Depression rates are rising and researchers and clinicians now say that depression often begins in childhood. Kathleen P. Hockey is a licensed social worker who has also suffered from depression.

One of the sad facts of life is that mental health disorders such as depression are afflicting people at an ever-younger age. Children, even preschoolers, are not immune to depression. Evidence ...

Ongoing research is examining whether timing of menarche is a causal risk factor for depression in adolescence. Other work focuses on the role of individual factors in childhood (e.g. early ...

Childhood Depression Does Not Look the Same as Adult Depression Although most people think of depression as an adult illness, ...

We no longer stunt our children’s bodies. Yet our new cultural norms stunt their curiosity and competence via excessive adult ...

Depression stalls careers, strains relationships, and sometimes ends lives. Help break the silence and lift the stigma around this devastating and common disorder. The following resources offer ...

Only children, those without any siblings, were 42% more likely to have anxiety and 38% more likely to have depression ...

Maternal stress and depression during pregnancy and postpartum are linked to DNA methylation changes in infants, potentially ...

Sleep deprivation in adults has long been proven to cause long-term mental and physical health issues, including, but not limited to, weakened immune systems, weight gain, depression, and increased ...

A new, computerized, mental health assessment tool may allow doctors to quickly identify children experiencing anxiety or ...

Anxiety and Depression Linked to Chronic Pain in Children Sep. 9, 2024 — Young people with chronic pain are three times more likely than their peers to also have clinical anxiety or depression ...

The National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey confirmed that people with vitamin D deficiency are at significantly higher risk of depression ... year of age and children and adolescents ...