Orphanages Stunt Mental Growth, a Study Finds
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Giving credence to the long-held belief that orphanages stunt childrenâs mental development, a study shows that infants placed with foster families have higher I.Q.âs on average than those who remain in institutions.
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Healthy infants older than three months who cry incessantly for no apparent reason may be at risk for lower IQ and behavior problems in their childhood years, new study findings suggest.
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New research shows mental illness is neglected in the developing world and up to 800,000 commit suicide each year.
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New research challenges the notion that young Americans are the most self-absorbed.
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White pupils from poor homes are most likely to persistently underachieve and far more are boys than girls, a study says.
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All other things being equal, people who reach their growth potential in height, whether taller or smaller than average, are likelier to be smarter than those who donÂt.
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White pupils from poor homes are most likely to persistently underachieve, a study says.
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Children born underweight but not disabled are still more likely to have physical and mental problems as teen-agers, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who were born at a  very low weight may have a higher-than-average rate of some  psychological problems, a new study suggests.
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Researchers talk to college students about growing up with attention problems.
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High levels of stress may physically scar a child's brain, research suggests.
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U.S. State Department officials learned that seven American children had been abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage but waited more than a week to check on the youths, who were suffering from malnutrition, malaria and typhoid, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Parents of a short child who believe growth hormone therapy will better his or her social life may be mistaken, new study findings suggest.
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NEW YORK  - Infants who sustain head injuries due to abuse have worse outcomes than their peers with head trauma due to other causes, researchers report in the journal Pediatrics this month.
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Some babies who do not have full-blown fetal alcohol syndrome can still develop IQ problems, a new study indicates.
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Abandoned children in Romania who were  removed from orphanages and put in foster care had far better  reasoning, language, and other intellectual skills than those  who remained, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Children from poorer homes are up to a year behind their more privileged peers by the age of three.