Does Long-Term Residential Treatment Help Teens? When your teenager has problems in school, at home, and with friends, you know it’s your job to help them work through those problems. When you do that, you know you have to get to the root of the problem. You have to find out what’s causing it. That’s how you help: you identify the source of the issue and work to resolve it.
The Impact of Virtual School, Social Distancing, and Decreased Peer Interaction on Youth and Teens When the pandemic arrived in the U.S. in late February, 2020, no one knew what to expect. The first places to enact real public health mitigation measures were the Bay Area in California and the Seattle are in Washington State. That was the first time most of us heard the terms shelter-in-place, social distancing, essential
Family Participation Improves Outcomes Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental health condition characterized by alternating cycles of mania/hypomania and depression/depressive mood that have a significant impact on typical daily function and impair overall emotional and psychological wellbeing. Bipolar disorder can be debilitating. It can prevent adolescents from participating in family life, school life, social life, and the extracurricular activities popular among adolescents. The most common evidence-based treatment for bipolar disorder
A Checklist for Parents Seeking Residential Treatment for Teens When your child crossed the threshold from pre-teen to full-fledged teenager, you probably braced yourself for the changes you knew were coming. You expected a range of physical, emotional, social, and psychological growth known as differentiation. The experts told you your teen would develop their own personal identity and their own sexual identity. They told you to expect changes in appearance,
Mindfulness and Addiction Recovery Teens diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD) or substance use disorder (SUD) often need professional treatment and support to achieve sobriety and maintain long-term abstinence. If a full psychiatric evaluation administered by a mental health professional indicates the presence of AUD or SUD, the assessing therapist may recommend treatment at one of the following levels of care: Outpatient Treatment Outpatient treatment typically involves office visits of
Gender-Affirming Treatment for Transgender Teens When the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the U.S. in March 2020, we all quickly became aware of a variety of new phrases. We couldn’t avoid them. Print, TV, mobile, and online media repeated them daily, over and over, in all our public discourse regarding COVID-19. We learned about: Shelter-in-place orders Social distancing Hand hygiene on a new level Masks Vulnerable populations Essential and non-essential services
Does the San Diego Area Have Enough Mental Health Programs for Teens? Last summer, Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego shared a startling statistic with reporters from local radio station kpbs. At the midpoint of 2021, they’d seen a 25 percent increase in emergency room visits for acute mental health emergencies. As mental health professionals, this caught our attention: we’re both alarmed and concerned. However, if we’re being completely honest,
Helping Families Navigate the ADHD Treatment Process ADHD is one of the most common behavioral disorders among children and teens in the U.S. Data from the Centers for Disease Control published in 2016 and 2019 show the prevalence of ADHD among children age 3-17 increased between 2003 and 2011, then decreased between 2011 and 2019: ADHD Diagnoses in Children: 2003-2019 2003: 4.4 million 2007: 5.4 million 2011: 6.4 million 2016:
Childhood Anxiety May Precede Adolescent Bipolar Disorder The relationship between anxiety disorders and bipolar disorder is well established in peer-reviewed scientific journals that publish articles on child, adolescent, and adult mental health. Research shows that in most cases of co-morbid – a.k.a dual diagnosis – anxiety disorders and bipolar disorders, an anxiety disorder appears first, during childhood or early adolescence. Bipolar disorder most often appears second, typically during late adolescence
Can a Teen Anxiety Disorder Lead to Suicidal Behavior or a Suicide Attempt? The short answer: yes. [seriesbox]Little Ways to Help an Anxious Teen Association Between Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents What Is Resilience and How Can It Help with Teen Anxiety and OCD? Long-Term Consequences of Untreated Anxiety in Teens[/seriesbox]That doesn’t mean a person with an anxiety disorder will attempt suicide. Nor does it mean anxiety causes suicidal
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