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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Family Dynamic

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people physically, emotionally, and financially. New research shows it also has had a detrimental impact on the family unit. A study from Penn State shows a heavy impact on family well-being during the first few months of the pandemic. Researchers used data from 129 families they began gathering years ago, allowing them to compare well-being before and after the pandemic. The researchers found: Levels of

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July 10, 2021
Anxiety in Teen Boy
Family & Home Life

Parents Who Travel for Work: Preparing Your Teen for When You Hit the Road Again

Planning for a New (Old) Family Dynamic Last month, we published an article called “As Parents Return to Work, Teens May Not Handle It Well. Here’s Why.” The title explains the content. It’s about how we can help families adjust to the end – fingers crossed – of the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, it’s about the fact that over the past year, teens with parents who worked from home during the

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July 9, 2021

OCD Treatment for Youth: Current Standards in Psychiatric Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy + Medication are Standard Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Youth Here’s something anyone reading this article – teens, parents, therapists, interested members of the public – should understand about OCD: Treatment for OCD works and can improve quality of life and overall wellbeing for anyone with OCD. With that said, we’ll offer a standard, clinical definition of OCD in children and adolescents. The International OCD Foundation defines

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July 8, 2021

How to Help Your Teen Get Happy

How Do We Find Happiness? That’s the 64-million-dollar question. One funny thing about the answer is that we almost all know what it is. Getting happy is not rocket science. Happiness can feel elusive and fleeting, and for many of us it is. But happiness can also be strong, consistent, and steady. That’s the kind of happiness we’re talking about in this article. We don’t expect anyone to live in

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July 6, 2021

When Does a Teen Need Rehab for Depression?

Teen Depression Treatment: My Bay Area Options We can answer the question posed in the title of this article immediately: A teen needs rehab for depression when the symptoms of their depression persist for more than two weeks and prevent them from participating successfully in the day-to-day activities of school life, family life, social life, or work. Let’s unpack that statement. We’ll start with this critical disclaimer: Only a mental

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July 5, 2021
Anxiety & Mood Disorders

The Tipping Point: When Stress Pushes a Teen Toward an Anxiety Disorder

How to Recognize Anxiety and Reduce Stress in Anxious Teens Everyone knows about stress. Adults, teenagers, and children experience stress. Most of us understand that stress is an unavoidable part of life. Most of us also understand stress is not always negative. Stress can play a positive role in our lives. Stress leads to adaptation, which, in turn, can lead to growth and change. That’s true on a physical, psychological,

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July 2, 2021

My Teen Is So Messy – Does This Mean They Have Mental Health Problems?

Your teen is disorganized. Their room is a mess. A muddled hodgepodge of clothes, trash, candy wrappers, and random knickknacks. Not to mention the leftover food, which is gross. And the laundry: what’s clean? What’s dirty? You have no idea. Neither do they, honestly. It’s so bad you can barely see the floor. Opening their closet is a feat reserved for the brave of heart and steadfast of spirit. Everywhere

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June 30, 2021

How do Residential Treatment Centers Help Teens with OCD?

Intensive Treatment Helps Teens With Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neurological disorder that can range from mild to severe. Mild OCD is uncomfortable and may be disruptive, but typically responds well to professional treatment and support. Severe OCD, on the other hand, was once classified by the World Health Organization as “one of the most disabling illnesses by lost income and decreased quality of life.” Severe

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June 29, 2021

Are Psychiatric Treatment Centers the Best Option for Your Troubled Teen?

How Do You Know if Your Troubled Teen Needs Psychiatric Treatment? The teenage years can be challenging for teens and parents alike. Adolescence is a time of radical transformation in virtually every area of a teenager’s life. Without going into extensive detail in each of these categories, we’ll review the major changes that occur for everyone during the teen years. Adolescence: Five Big Changes 1. Physical The presence of new

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June 28, 2021

Tips for Talking to Teens (With a Bonus List: Trending Teen Slang in 2021)

The first thing we want to tell you about talking to teens is that they really don’t want you to use their slang. Their slang is for them. It’s fine to know it. It helps you if you know it. And if you know it, they’ll probably be impressed. But they probably won’t tell you they’re impressed – and please, for the love of all that is holy, be judicious

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June 25, 2021