If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” In January, a teenager in suburban St. Louis informed his ...

Children who go to emergency departments in a mental health crisis and need to be hospitalized often end up stuck there for days, a new study finds. That happens in roughly one in ten of all mental ...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles researchers found there has been no significant increase in pediatric inpatient hospital beds since 2017. The study, published Aug. 19 in JAMA Pediatrics, analyzed the ...

A concerning new study says the health of children in the United States has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today being more likely to have chronic diseases and mental health problems.

In January, a teenager in suburban St. Louis informed his high school counselor that a classmate said he planned to kill himself later that day. The 14-year-old classmate denied it, but his mother, ...