The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recently recommended depression screenings for kids 12 to 18 and anxiety screenings for kids 8 to 18. Dr. Dana Gadaire, a pediatric psychologist at Geisinger, ...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among children aged 10 to 14 in the U.S. That’s evidence of a systemic failure in identifying and addressing mental health concerns in young people.

In Canada and the U.S., doctors are increasingly being encouraged to try to identify depression in children and adolescents - even if they do not have obvious indications of the disease. In order to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Annual depression screening was cost effective and yielded the most depression-free days gained. Screening is ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released its updated list of recommended health care screenings for children, which includes checking for depression, high cholesterol and HIV. Mayo Clinic ...

Implementing the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the pediatric primary care setting can improve rates of early detection for postpartum depression. Screening new mothers for postpartum ...

Recently, I was looking at photos from when my girls were newborns. In all the photos, I am smiling and looking elated, and on so many levels, I was. But, I was also suffering from postpartum ...