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Anxiety & Mood Disorders

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Family Dynamic

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people physically, emotionally, and financially. New research shows it also has had a detrimental impact on the family unit. A study from Penn State shows a heavy impact on family well-being during the first few months of the pandemic. Researchers used data from 129 families they began gathering years ago, allowing them to compare well-being before and after the pandemic. The researchers found: Levels of

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July 10, 2021

OCD Treatment for Youth: Current Standards in Psychiatric Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy + Medication are Standard Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Youth Here’s something anyone reading this article – teens, parents, therapists, interested members of the public – should understand about OCD: Treatment for OCD works and can improve quality of life and overall wellbeing for anyone with OCD. With that said, we’ll offer a standard, clinical definition of OCD in children and adolescents. The International OCD Foundation defines

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July 8, 2021
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

The Tipping Point: When Stress Pushes a Teen Toward an Anxiety Disorder

How to Recognize Anxiety and Reduce Stress in Anxious Teens Everyone knows about stress. Adults, teenagers, and children experience stress. Most of us understand that stress is an unavoidable part of life. Most of us also understand stress is not always negative. Stress can play a positive role in our lives. Stress leads to adaptation, which, in turn, can lead to growth and change. That’s true on a physical, psychological,

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July 2, 2021

How do Residential Treatment Centers Help Teens with OCD?

Intensive Treatment Helps Teens With Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neurological disorder that can range from mild to severe. Mild OCD is uncomfortable and may be disruptive, but typically responds well to professional treatment and support. Severe OCD, on the other hand, was once classified by the World Health Organization as “one of the most disabling illnesses by lost income and decreased quality of life.” Severe

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June 29, 2021

Are Psychiatric Treatment Centers the Best Option for Your Troubled Teen?

How Do You Know if Your Troubled Teen Needs Psychiatric Treatment? The teenage years can be challenging for teens and parents alike. Adolescence is a time of radical transformation in virtually every area of a teenager’s life. Without going into extensive detail in each of these categories, we’ll review the major changes that occur for everyone during the teen years. Adolescence: Five Big Changes 1. Physical The presence of new

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June 28, 2021

Anger, Impulsivity, Sleep, and Teens: The Serotonin Connection

Serotonin Affects Impulsivity, Uncontrollable Anger, and Sleep in Teens Everyone gets angry. Everyone has impulses. And everyone knows that without adequate sleep, they’re more likely to be irritable, snappy, and reactive. When we’re snappy and reactive, the systems in our brain that regulate impulses and moderate anger aren’t functioning properly. In that way, when we’re sleep deprived, we’re like surly teenagers. This is a side note, but that’s one way

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June 15, 2021
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

The Best Options for Mental Health Treatment in Los Angeles

Mental Health Treatment Helps Teens Become The Best Version of Themselves The past year has been eventful, to say the least. The events started early. The early spring brought the pandemic. The summer brought months of protests around racial and social justice. The fall brought the national elections, followed by upheaval around various election-related events – too numerous, divisive, and contentious to name here. We mention all this to validate

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May 28, 2021

Choosing a Teen Depression Center and Level of Care

Integrated Treatment for Teens With Depression When your teenager is diagnosed with clinical depression – known as major depressive disorder (MDD) – you have practical decisions to make. For the purposes of this article, we assume your teen received a full evaluation from a licensed mental health professional. We further assume you arranged a consultation for a second opinion, which confirmed the diagnosis: major depressive disorder. That means your next

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May 27, 2021

What are the Latest Treatments for Depression in Teenagers?

Modern Teen Depression Treatment: The Medical Model and Integrated Treatment To understand the latest developments in depression treatment for teenagers, it’s helpful to understand the history of depression treatment. We won’t go back far, because evidence-based treatment for mental health disorders, as we know it, is a relatively new field. Most people understand that what we think of as modern psychotherapy began in the 1890s with the legendary work of

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May 26, 2021

When Is it Time for Inpatient Treatment for Teenage Depression?

How to Know When Your Teen Needs Inpatient Treatment for Depression When your teen first started showing signs of depression, you probably thought what most parents think. Here are some things we bet you told yourself: It’s a phase. It’s typical teen moodiness. Teens’ mood swings are impossible to decipher. I was up and down as a teen, myself. They’ll bounce back. Then, when they didn’t bounce back, you took

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May 24, 2021