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Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Understanding the Biology and Genetics of Bipolar Disorder
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Is Mental Illness Genetic? Genetic Factors Explored

Are mental illnesses inherited or are they a result of a person’s environment? This question drives scientific investigations, shapes conversations in society, and affects how people view mental health. But finding the answer isn’t simple. Below, we’ll explore this issue, considering how genetics, environment, and personal experiences all play a role. What is Mental Illness?  Mental illness refers to a wide range of conditions that affect a person’s thinking, mood,

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February 29, 2024
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

How To Parent A Teenager With Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder in teens is marked by a host of symptoms. There’s emotional instability and extreme bouts of moodiness. Identity issues. Chaotic relationships. Self-harming behavior and suicidal ideation. While many of these issues sound like they’re common in teens, adolescents with borderline personality disorder experience them much more intensely than others. “Their emotions can take over their body,” explains Alyson Orcena, LMFT, Executive Clinical Director of Evolve Treatment Centers.

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October 14, 2019
group of teens hanging out
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Teen Marijuana Use: Compared to Adults, What’s the Risk of Addiction and Mental Health Disorders?

Twenty years ago, recreational cannabis products were illegal in almost every state in the country. Twenty-one states allowed the medical use of cannabis, and in 14 states, possession of small amounts of cannabis was decriminalized. However, marijuana was completely illegal for medical and recreational use in most states, and cannabis use among teenagers was at its lowest point since 1979. Now, in the year 2022, things have changed. Recreational cannabis

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October 30, 2022
mom talking to sad teenaged daughter
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Association Between Substance Use and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents

Adolescence is a critical period in life, characterized by drastic physical, mental, and psychological changes. Young people between the ages of 13 and 19 begin to gain a sense of independence and determine their place in the world. These developmental years typically set the stage for the remainder of their lives. It’s also a time when peer pressure, experimentation, and testing boundaries are prevalent. Teenagers learn about sex, romance, and

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October 28, 2022
sampling water with pollution
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

The Link Between Pollution and Depression in Teens

In the United States, rates of teen depression are on the rise. The pandemic increased awareness about the increase in teen mental health issues in general. Experts on adolescent development warned the accumulated stressors of stay-at-home orders, virtual school, and uncertainty/fear of disease and illness would exacerbate existing mental health issues among teens already diagnosed with a mental health disorder, and increase risk of mental health issues among teens not

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October 19, 2022
teen with parent at therapist
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Preventative Psychiatry for Teen Mental Health

Teen mental health is a primary concern in our society right now. The pandemic significantly disrupted the end of the 2019-2020 school year and the entire 2020-2021 school year. So far, the 2021-2022 school year – fingers crossed – appears to be a return to our regularly scheduled programming. Or, at very least, most high school students across the country right now are at school, in-person. If the current combination

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September 26, 2022
teen girl with head on hands stressed
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

How Stress Affects the Adolescent Brain

For centuries, our practice of medicine and understanding of disease was limited by one simple factor: we couldn’t look inside the human body. When pioneers began peering inside the human body, that always happened after a person was deceased – and that practice itself was considered heresy by the dominant powers of the time. Fast forward several hundred years, and our available technology is nothing short of magic, compared to

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September 18, 2022
happy teen girl smiling
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Mental Health Treatment for Teens: Anxiety, Depression, and Behavioral Disorders

Over the past two and a half years, everyone from politicians to public health officials to teachers to family, friends, and peers gave parents of teens an endless stream of free, unsolicited advice. Parents heard from all sides – including dozens of articles on our Parent Tips and Advice page – that the pandemic and related public safety measures would cause an increase in teen depression, teen anxiety, and teen

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August 3, 2022
teen girl listens to therapist
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Teen Mental Health Treatment in California: High School Programs for Mental Health Support

It’s been two years since officials issued the first shelter-in-place orders in California. Schools went virtual, businesses adapted to the new circumstances, and everyone wondered how long the pandemic would last and what the consequences would be. Adolescent development experts and mental health professionals warned the public health safety and COVID-19 mitigation measures would have an adverse impact on teen mental health, which would mean we’d need an increase in

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July 8, 2022
depressed teen girl in bed
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Hope In Recovery: Good News for Teens in Depression Treatment

We have some good news for teens in depression treatment. It works. Three New Studies Show Treatment is Headed in the Right Direction When we read about mental health issues in the news these days, almost everything we encounter is negative. Headline and stories are filled with dire warnings about the precarious state of teen mental health in 2022. Troubling trends in the prevalence of depression and anxiety combined with

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June 24, 2022