'"Why don't you ever speak?" Why does it bother you why I never speak? Is what I wanted to call back, only I couldn't. The words were there, but buried deep, stuck in my throat like a dry bone and no ...

Many years ago, early in my clinical training, a couple brought their 7-year-old daughter to see me. The parents were perplexed. The girl, whom I'll call Emily, was rambunctious at home, but would ...

NYU Langone’s Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers Combined Emphasis in Empirically Supported Assessment ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Lauren Whiteway says ...

In February, a partnership of 17 mental health organizations published a report calling for an investment in school-based mental health to address the complex and growing mental health needs of ...

Clare Killam is a typical Grade 3 student. She competes in gymnastics, trades Shopkins toys with her friends on the playground and plays with her older brother and their pets. Clare was about three ...

When Daisy-Mae was growing up her family thought she was just shy, but her crippling silence around strangers was actually selective mutism. The anxiety disorder leaves the 12-year-old from Essex ...

Nine-year old-Cecilia Peon is fascinated by reptiles. The Junction Triangle resident loves to help care for her class’ pet Bearded Dragon at Alpha Alternative School in the King Street and Spadina ...

"It's like you want to scream sometimes and say, 'I'm here as well'." Scarlett, 15, has selective mutism, a severe anxiety disorder that leaves people unable to speak in certain situations. "It's ...

Looking back, Michelle Kenny (49), from Offaly, says the signs were all there from a young age – but she didn’t receive a formal diagnosis of ADHD and autism until the age of 45 Michelle Kenny says ...