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Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Teen Panic Disorder: How Adolescents Experience Panic Attacks

Teens With Panic Disorder Describe What They Feel Like We’ve all heard of panic attacks. Many of us have had them. But for those of us who haven’t, it’s not obvious how intense and overwhelming they feel. The phrase itself should tell us how serious they are, but it’s been used so much it’s lost real meaning for most people. Think about it. Panic means uncontrollable fear and anxiety. Attack

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April 19, 2022
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Family & Home Life

A Better Resolution: How to Help Teens Sustain Their Goals Beyond January

Is There a Secret to Creating Achievable Resolutions? Every year there’s that weird week. The one between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Teenagers are out of school, savoring the last days of vacation. Some adults have to go to work – depending on what days of the week Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on – while others are in the same boat as their kids. They spend the

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April 12, 2022
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Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Treatment of Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders Improves Social Outcomes During Early Adulthood

Early Treatment Helps Later Employment and Social Engagement When a teenager receives a diagnosis for a mental health, behavioral, or addiction disorder, there are several compelling reasons for their parents to seek professional treatment and support to help them address the disorder. First, our 21st century understanding of mental health disorders teaches us that they’re more like physical disorders than we thought during the latter half of the 20th century.

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April 8, 2022
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Family & Home Life

Emotion-Focused Parenting Interventions Improve Outcomes After Adolescents Mental Health Treatment Programs

How To Connect to Your Teen After Treatment When your teen receives a diagnosis for a mental health, behavioral, or addiction disorder, your life changes. The first thing you do is find them the best evidence-based care available. Depending on their diagnosis and the severity of the disorder, your teen may receive a referral for: Outpatient/Virtual Outpatient Treatment. This is an entry level of care which typically occurs once or

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April 7, 2022
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Parents

Does Wraparound Care Coordination Improve Outcomes in Adolescents with Behavioral Health Problems?

Study Measures Effectiveness of Community Support for Teens With Serious Emotional Disorders We can answer the question posed in the title right away: Yes, wraparound services improve outcomes for teens with behavioral health problems. And there’s one segment of the teenage population wraparound services help most. Before we dive into the data and details provided by a recent study that examined close to three decades of data on wraparound services

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April 5, 2022
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Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Risk of Suicide in BPD Teens with Prior Suicide Attempts

What Increases Risk of Subsequent Suicide Attempts in Teens with BPD? Over the past two years, we’ve published several articles on borderline personality disorder in teens. Our primary objective in all of these articles is to help parents of teens with BPD and teens with BPD learn as much as they can about the disorder. The goal of this knowledge is to support them as they navigate what we frequently

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April 4, 2022
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Family & Home Life

Social Media, Minors, and Sexual Assault

Does Social Media Use Increase Risk for Adolescent Girls? Over the past twenty years, the internet has changed life for everyone in ways that are too numerous to list. In the 21st century, we’re connected to one another digitally, through the human-centered internet. We use social media and internet-based direct messaging apps and other systems. Most of us share pictures and videos in as many ways as you can count.

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April 1, 2022
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Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Is Your Teen Resilient? Can You Train Resilience?

Building Resilience in Adolescents During the Extended Pandemic The past two years have tested us all in ways in which we never could have predicted. We’ve all faced adversity before. Maybe not all of us, but let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that we all have. As adults, we face things like how to pay bills, how to handle workplace difficulties, how to handle challenging friends, how to navigate

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March 23, 2022
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Anxiety & Mood Disorders

Risk of Suicide in Teens with Borderline Personality Disorder

Treatment for Adolescent Borderline Personality Disorder Can Reduce Symptom Severity Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most challenging and disruptive mental health disorders humans experience. This is true for the people who develop BPD as well as their friends, families, loved ones, and the mental health professionals who treat them. For decades, members of the psychiatric community thought BPD was undiagnosable in the children and adolescents. This led

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March 22, 2022
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Parents

Clinical Validity, Strengths, and Limitations of Tools Used with Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria

Most Tools in Use Are Outdated: New Metrics Needed Over the past twenty years, members of the LGBTQ+ community have become more visible in our society. We see this as a positive development. It reflects a gradual trend towards openness, acceptance, and respect for the way each individual experiences their own identity and determines their own path through life. However, as our society becomes more open toward non-traditional viewpoints and

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March 21, 2022