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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

April 4, 2022

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.

April 1, 2022

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

March 23, 2022

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

March 22, 2022

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Most Tools in Use Are Outdated: New Metrics Needed Over the past twenty years, members of the LGBTQ+ community have become more visible in our society.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

March 21, 2022

Parents

The Use of Smart Phone Apps in Managing Self-Harm in Teens

Can Apps Prevent Self-Harm After Inpatient or Residential Treatment? The trends in data on teen self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicidal behavior are alarming. Over the past twenty years – and since 2012 specifically – rates of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among adolescents increased dramatically. Many parents know rates of mental health disorders for teens increased during the pandemic. The stress, isolation, and fear of illness led to increases

March 20, 2022

Parents

LGBTQ-Affirming Care in Teen Inpatient Mental Health Treatment

Why Gender and Cultural Competence is Critical in Mental Health Support In 2004, experts in adolescent mental health published an influential paper that identified nine components common to the most respected and highly regarded adolescent treatment programs in the country. Since then, researchers have re-examined these components and made small additions and changes. But for the most part, the components recognized as essential to top-quality treatment of adolescents for mental

March 10, 2022

Parents

Trends in Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment of Children and Teens Post-Pandemic

Did Pediatric Mental Hospitals Admit More Teens During COVID Than Before COVID? When the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the U.S. in early 2020, very few people knew what to expect. Among experts and laypeople alike, almost no one had any confidence in making long-term projections about what would happen. Here’s a list of the primary questions everyone wanted answers to: How long would it last? How many people would die?

March 8, 2022