Costs to families for behavioral problems grew more than twice as fast as other childhood health care over the past decade Behavioral care made up about 40% of all health expenditures for U.S.

The term “behavioral health” refers to the connection between a person’s habits, actions, and emotional well-being, which affect their overall health. Behavioral health encompasses mental health ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take ...

Family therapy has emerged as a crucial intervention in treating behavioral health problems. This therapeutic approach views the family as a system where each member’s behavior affects the others. If ...

Adolescents who snore frequently were more likely to exhibit behavior problems such as inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression, but they do not have any decline in their cognitive abilities, ...

The ECHO Cohort Consortium is a research program supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with the mission to enhance the health of children for generations to come. ECHO Cohort ...

A friend of mine who is a primary care physician recently lamented that when he referred a patient for treatment for depression, they usually were put on a four-month waitlist. He really wanted to be ...

PROVIDENCE – In decades past, Rhode Island was a leader in children’s behavioral health care. The state had developed intensive care programs for children that effectively decreased hospitalizations.

That is an advocacy firm’s response to a U.S. Department of Justice report that the state of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Police Department have violated federal laws and unnecessarily ...