Category: Children’s Health

Children’s mental health: Is poverty the diagnosis?

Some of the concerns seen by childhood health professionals may not be diagnosable psychiatric conditions, but emotional and behavioral responses to family financial insecurity. ABSTRACT: The case of a 6-year-old boy who was referred to a physician by his school

2016 BC Child Poverty Report Card

The affects of child poverty extend beyond the obvious. It is not only less nutritious food and less access to sports and recreation. Children of poverty often show measurable chemical imbalance. Child poverty is not just a third world issue. Canada

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