Excessive screen use by preschool-age children can lead to reduced sleep quality, exacerbating problems such as poor attention, hyperactivity and unstable mood, a new study suggests. Peer-reviewed ...

Any parent will tell you that raising a child isn’t easy. While the experience can be filled with joy and love and fulfilment, emotional, financial and marital stress will present challenges to any ...

What can therapy for behavioural issues help with? Behavioural issues can stem from any of a number of underlying problems. With young children, behaviour issues may be a manifestation of anger or ...

Acetaminophen, long the mainstay of a pregnant woman’s pain-relief arsenal, has been linked to behavioural problems in children born to mothers who used it during pregnancy. Recent research published ...

In a study involving 11-year-olds, researchers have concluded that greater behavioral problems are linked to higher hair cortisol levels. The study also concluded that exposure to certain factors that ...

Children who go to bed at irregular hours are more likely to have behavioural problems, according to a new study. The research, which appeared in the journal Pediatrics, found that lifelong problems ...

In the aftermath of the pandemic there has been a substantial increase in the number of students who are absent from school in the UK, and children are reporting higher levels of mental ill health ...

Lack of sufficient sleep is a trigger for mental health and behavioural problems in children, Dr Pramit Rastogi, medical director at STEPS Centre for Mental Health. How often do you come across ...