Troubled Children: Off to College on Their Own, Shadowed by Mental Illness
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For young people diagnosed with serious mental disorders, the transition from high school to college can be particularly fraught.
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"Hope's Boy" (Hyperion Books, 320 pages. $22.95), by Andrew Bridge: The initial allure of Andrew Bridge's memoir lies in the curious question of how a boy, taken from his mentally ill mother at the age of 7 and raised in a loveless foster home, could defy the odds and eventually graduate from Harvard Law School.
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Growing up in a chaotic home may be bad for children's minds, a study suggests.
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When Boston University sophomore  Kendrick Sledge was 14, incessant phone calls alerted her  parents to her relationship with an abusive and controlling  older boy, who would threaten suicide or a return to using  drugs if she tried to break up with him.
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Today's college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.
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David Tarloffâs father and his brother, Robert, describe his sudden and precipitous descent into illness and their own dealings with the mental health system.
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By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO - The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs.
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Difficulty in school isnât always a sign of a learning disorder, it may just be a sign that a childâs eyes arenât working properly.
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By Mark Spencer, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 13--Like many high school seniors in the state, Isaac Montiel went to see his counselor for advice about college.
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As students head back to school, there's an extra push to bring those who never graduated back into the classroom.
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The story of Mandrell Dean, a high school football star whose gang life got in the way of an athletic career, is a reminder of how perilous the transition to college can be.
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WASHINGTON -- The people who prescribe antidepressants for children may have to have better training to spot warning signs of suicide.
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NEW YORK  - Research in psychiatrically ill children and adolescents suggests that those with depression, anxiety and other so-called "internalizing" disorders are more likely to have allergies.
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After a report from the College Board on soaring tuition, parents and their teenage children could be forgiven for asking themselves if college is necessary.
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The transition from teen to young adult can be difficult enough on its own, but imagine making that change in front of a fickle public.
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For decades, Michigan has suffered attention deficit disorder on the issue of mental health. It&#39;s now getting overdue focus in Lansing.
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When Rob Nieweg of the National Trust for Historic Preservation toured the abandoned west campus of old St. Elizabeths Hospital a few years ago, he was eager to explore Hitchcock Hall, the theater for the nation's first federal mental institution. As Nieweg waited to get his bearings in the dingy...