Psychologists should be advising schools how to expose students gradually to things they fear and how to help them gain confidence in their small steps toward success.

Ross said he, his wife, and their adult sons talked about the treatment and he decided “the benefits of this far, far outweigh the risks.” ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines that include recommending teachers stop quizzing students on their speed in solving problems -- because it stresses them out.

In classrooms, coaching centres and homes, anxiety levels tend to rise as exam dates inch closer. Parents notice familiar symptoms: Stomach aches, headaches, loss of sleep, irritability or sudden ...

Insurers should stop mailing colorectal cancer screening kits without the involvement of the patients’ physicians. Doctors who do this work every day should be trusted to help our patients make ...

The Human Genome Project, launched in 1990 and completed in 2003, also moved the needle. Scientists had successfully sequenced the entire human genome, which made expanded carrier screening (the ...

"It’s the first time we’ve been able to see how more complex, anxiety-related decision-making plays out," a researcher said.

A mobile app can improve the symptoms of one of the commonest mental health problems in students—even with limited engagement, according to University of Manchester researchers.

“Extended time for students with ADHD comes from the idea that they’re off-task—so if you give them more time, they’ll come back to focusing and complete the assignment,” Harrison said, “which we’re ...

A clinical LSD formulation shows promise for severe anxiety. Trials reveal meaningful symptom relief and limited side effects. Generalized anxiety disorder affects about one in every twenty adults in ...

A study by the University of Portsmouth in England has mapped the biological journey of anxiety in the brain when people are faced with a no-win situation.

Genomic newborn screening using whole-genome sequencing identified 1.6% of infants with high-chance, treatable genetic conditions, far beyond the capacity of standard biochemical screening. The ...