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By Kathleen Trainor, PsyD Children all over the country went to school one day, only to be told they were not going back the next. With no preparation, lockers were left full of books, musical instruments abandoned in classrooms, and all sports, school plays...

By Susan J. Noonan MD, MPH The COVID-19 worldwide health crisis has had a major impact on us medically, socially, and economically, with significant disruption to our lives and daily routines. It is a cause of monumental stress, newfound fear, and anxiety in...

By Mark D. Miller, M.D., and Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D. Let’s first define “older” as those at least age 60. This segment of the population is on track to soon become 22% of the whole. It is a heterogeneous group comprised of a reasonably healthy, mobile...

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERSMental health is something we should not take for granted. Depression, anxiety, mood disorders and other mental health issues impact the well being of millions of Americans everyday. Yet many of us don't know how to talk to each other...

Back-to-school can be a tough time for students of any age – grade school, high school, college – and their parents. It carries with it anxiety about the social and academic events of the coming year. Thoughts such as: Who are my teachers? What if they don’t...

August 7th, 2016 is National Kids Day. In honor of the occasion, Dr. Kathleen Trainor, author of the new book, Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do, offers four strategies to help quiet the worries of children moved by tragedy. For more on...

Ten million children in the United States—two million of them preschoolers—suffer from anxiety. Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents’ sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist...