The beloved Muppets are teaching children how to deal with complex emotions. — -- Big Bird and his "Sesame Street" buddies are taking on a new mission: helping kids learn to cope with stress and ...

Psychotherapy sessions with caregivers may help prevent serious disease later in life for young children who have experienced significant trauma, a new UC San Francisco study found. Past research has ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. When parents who need mental health care go without, their kids often suffer. Children who grow up in chaotic or ...

A traumatic event can occur in just seconds, but the effects can last far longer. As a fatal shooting unfolded Halloween night at Vancouver Mall, hundreds of people, including children participating ...

The recent school gun shootings in Florida and Maryland continue to remind us of the critical need to take action to process the trauma with our children and to protect our children in schools.

CHICAGO (AP) — As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children’s books that address traumatic ...

Trauma is never the same for everyone. People have different ways to deal with trauma whether it is finding comfort in others or feeling too ashamed of it. A lot of people refuse to believe that kids ...

When parents who need mental health care go without, their kids often suffer. Children who grow up in chaotic or abusive environments are more likely to develop their own mental health problems.