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Can Social Media Escalate Adolescent Self-Harm to Suicidality?

News Headlines Highlight the Risks: We Examine the Evidence Over the past ten years, parents have worried that screen time…
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Identifying Suicide Risk in Adolescents: The Role of the Primary Care Physician

Can the Family Doctor Help Identify Suicide Risk and Prevent Teen Suicide? Teen mental health is on the mind of…
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Outcomes for Adolescents in Long-Term Residential Mental Health Facilities

Does Long-Term Residential Treatment Help Teens? When your teenager has problems in school, at home, and with friends, you know…
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Therapy and Medication Better than Medication Alone in Treating Bipolar Disorder

Family Participation Improves Outcomes Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental health condition characterized by alternating cycles of mania/hypomania and depression/depressive…
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Finding the Top Adolescent Residential Treatment Centers

A Checklist for Parents Seeking Residential Treatment for Teens When your child crossed the threshold from pre-teen to full-fledged teenager,…
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How Teens Learn to Beat Stress During Treatment

Daily Stress Management Reduces Risk of Symptom Relapse We all get stressed. Everyone. That includes adults, teenagers, and children: it’s…
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How Does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive (MBCBT) Therapy Help Teens With Addiction?

Mindfulness and Addiction Recovery Teens diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD) or substance use disorder (SUD) often need professional treatment…
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Delaying Gender-Affirming Treatments in Teens During Covid: What to Consider

Gender-Affirming Treatment for Transgender Teens When the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the U.S. in March 2020, we all quickly became…
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San Diego Teens and Mental Health

Does the San Diego Area Have Enough Mental Health Programs for Teens? Last summer, Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego…
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Profiles of Adolescents at Higher Risk for Suicide Risk

What Combination of Factors Makes Teen Suicide More Likely? In December 2021, the Surgeon General of the United States released…
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When Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Requires Residential Treatment

Severe OCD: Obsessions and Compulsions Take Up Significant Time Every Day Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is defined by the Diagnostic and…
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Complementary Therapies for Dual Diagnosis and Addiction Treatment

Over the past fifty years, treatment for alcohol and substance addiction – now called alcohol use disorder (AUD) or substance…
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