Disinhibited social engagement disorder is an attachment disorder that causes a child to be over-friendly or overfamiliar around people they do not know, with a lack of wariness around strangers.

Detecting a child’s mental disorder can be difficult because many of the behaviors can also occur as part of normal development. As a result, some parents are hesitant to seek help. To help you ...

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a disruptive behavior disorder that emerges during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by persistent angry or irritable mood, unruly and argumentative ...

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder often struggle to automatically track where other people are looking.

Roughly every month I receive an e-mail from a parent somewhere in the world asking for help with a child who is violent, angry or aggressive. Some people describe being physically beaten or having ...

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