There is now little debate about whether watching smoking in movie scenes increases the risk of smoking in teens. This issue has been examined...

A family-based psychoeducational weight loss treatment for teens appears to be more effective than traditional family therapy.Psychologists often...

As we move towards the implementation of “day-themes” in Child-Psych.org, we decided to dedicate every Wednesday to Autism. We are doing...

In yesterday’s post about bullying, I briefly talked about last week’s tragic suicide of 11-year old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover. This...

A large longitudinal study of thousands of children explored the school, neighborhood and family factors that are associated with bullying.Last week...