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Eating Disorders

Understanding and Addressing Disordered Eating: A Parent’s Guide

As parents, witnessing our children navigate their teenage years can be both rewarding and daunting. One of the critical areas…
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Marijuana Use Increases Over the Year for Most Age Groups

A Parent’s Guide to Teen Marijuana Use: Navigating Challenges and Seeking Support

As a leading teen treatment center, we’ve heard from countless parents about their concerns over marijuana legalization. With the drug’s…
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Behavior Disorders
Depressed teen visiting psychologist

A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and Self-Harm in Teens

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and self-harm in teens is both challenging and heartbreaking for parents to watch. Often, it can be…
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anxiety in teens

A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Supporting Teens Dealing with Anxiety

Some teens seem ambivalent, unburdened by the world around them, while others seem to take the weight of the world…
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Aggression in Teens

Understanding and Addressing Violence and Aggression in Teens: A Parent’s Guide

The teenage years can be tumultuous, filled with high emotions, growth, and change. Often, parents of teens have trouble distinguishing…
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Returning to the Classroom: How to Prepare Teens for a Successful Transition

Our teens are struggling. Evidence shows rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, substance use, and self-harming behavior have increased, with…
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Gender Dysphoria

Gender Dysphoria in Teens

Most of us never gave much thought to our gender identity growing up.  As we navigated our way through childhood…
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Teens

Angry outbursts, acting annoyed by the seemingly smallest things, defying the rules you’ve set, being spiteful, swearing, irritability, and making…
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Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) in Teens & Children

What is DMDD? A relatively new psychiatric disorder known as disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, or DMDD for short, may be…
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A Parent’s Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Adolescents

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is gaining more and more exposure as parents and therapists are recognizing its remarkable value in…
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Transgender Teens

Adolescence is a time of radical transformation. Teens develop physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially. They form their own identities, distinct…
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Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents

What are Mood Disorders? Broadly speaking, a mood disorder is a mental health condition characterized by a significant, prolonged emotional…
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