CHICAGO -- Did you know babies can get depressed? Andria Goss, associate vice president of clinical and community services at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school for social work, early childhood ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and ...

Having a food allergy as a baby is linked to asthma and reduced lung function later in childhood, according to a new study. Having a food allergy as a baby is linked to asthma and reduced lung ...

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

Some traits of ADHD that are usually associated with difficulties may also be reflective of a heightened capability to thrive ...

This post is part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here. Vaginal birth initiates profound physiological, neurological, and behavioral changes in both mothers and infants. In addition to preparing the ...