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Depression

Depression

Depression

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Depression

How to Help a Teen With Depression: The Many Faces of Depression

The client sat nervously in the program director’s office on the day of her admission to residential treatment.  Like many teens Evolve helps, she arrived already having a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). While the client met with the facility nurse, her parents shared concerns they had hesitated to voice in front of her. They expressed fear that their daughter was lying constantly, struggling with friendships, and using drugs

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July 2, 2025
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder in Teens: Signs, Diagnosis, and How to Support Your Child

The following is a brief summary from our workshop on Borderline Personality Disorder. For a more in-depth conversation about BPD in teens, check out the video above.  May is BPD Awareness Month May is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Month. In the spirit of this, we’d like to revisit the amazing workshop conducted last year by our Chief Clinical Officer and licensed marriage and family therapist, Alyson Orcena. Our goal

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May 8, 2025
A young teen with long, brown hair, light skin, and round glasses holds their hands close to their face, but their hands are covered by the long, roomy sleeves of an oversized striped sweater. Their eyes are mostly shut and cast down, and their body language is closed off.
Depression

Why Teens Self-Harm and What Parents Need to Know

With self-harm awareness month fast approaching, it’s a timely opportunity for parents to become more informed about what self-harm in teens actually looks like, and how to respond to it. While there are some challenges that we expect to face when we become parents — things like sleepless nights, grocery store tantrums, first days of school, and scraped knees — there are other struggles that we never imagined for our

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February 19, 2025
Depression

Beyond Sadness: Understanding the Complex Symptoms of Teen Depression

Speak to any parent who has a teen with depression, and most will tell you that somewhere along the way, there was a nagging feeling that they couldn’t shake: “Is this really normal?” At first, the anger, moodiness, and withdrawal seemed like the typical growing pains of adolescence. But as time went on, that initial dip became a steeper decline: their teen seemed to lose their spark, instead becoming tired,

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January 8, 2025