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Teens Live in Times of Unexpected Uncertainty and That Can Make Them More Paranoid

Teen Mental Health: The Connection Between Uncertainty and Paranoia It’s common to hear phrases in everyday speech that are similar, or identical to, the words you find in clinical mental health diagnoses. People say things like this all the time: I’m depressed. You’re paranoid. The anxiety is getting to me. You’re delusional. When people say these things, they’re often easy to understand in context. Someone who’s sad may say “I’m

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June 24, 2021

Self-Cutting Treatment for Teens: Outpatient, Inpatient, or Hospitalization

Evidence-Based Treatment for Teens Who Self-Harm Self-cutting – known among mental health experts by its clinical name, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) – can be difficult to understand for someone who’s never engaged in or known anyone who’s engaged in the behavior. The first person most people ask themselves is “Why?” That’s the most common question parents ask when they learn their teen engages in this type of behavior. We’ll address that

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June 23, 2021

Concussions in Teens: Be on the Lookout for Mental Health Issues

Concussions are common among children. Kids have the highest rate of emergency department visits for traumatic brain injury of all age groups, with one-third of children suffering a head injury before they turn 13. What Is a Concussion? Known in the medical world as traumatic brain injury (TBI), a concussion is a mild TBI often caused by a jolt or bump to the head. Some of the most common causes

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June 22, 2021

As Parents Return to Work, Teens May Not Handle It Well. Here’s Why.

As COVID cases continue to drop nationwide, life is slowly returning to normal. Schools that closed are gradually opening for in-person classes. Sporting events, concerts, and parties are resuming. And parents are gearing up to go back to their regular work schedules if they haven’t already. To most people, this is all good news. Not every employed parent enjoyed working from home during the pandemic. Evidence shows that many cut

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June 17, 2021

A Brief History of Treatment for Eating Disorders

If you have an eating disorder or witnessed the effect an eating disorder has on a friend or loved one, you know how difficult it can be to manage. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, and others can cause lasting damage to the body. These disorders can also have a devastating effect on mental health. Eating disorders are often both treatment-resistant and deadly. Estimated mortality rates hover in

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June 16, 2021

Anger, Impulsivity, Sleep, and Teens: The Serotonin Connection

Serotonin Affects Impulsivity, Uncontrollable Anger, and Sleep in Teens Everyone gets angry. Everyone has impulses. And everyone knows that without adequate sleep, they’re more likely to be irritable, snappy, and reactive. When we’re snappy and reactive, the systems in our brain that regulate impulses and moderate anger aren’t functioning properly. In that way, when we’re sleep deprived, we’re like surly teenagers. This is a side note, but that’s one way

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June 15, 2021

Eating Disorders and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders

Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating, and other eating disorders are quite a serious problem – in fact, for many patients, they can be deadly. Estimated mortality rates hover in the four to five percent range, and that number climbs higher when including co-occurring disorders. A person with an eating disorder has an elevated risk of suicide, complicated by corresponding or underlying mental health issues. They also lead to significant, 

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June 14, 2021

The Changing Landscape of Teen Mental Health Treatment

Teen Mental Health Treatment: Meet Them Where They Are, Treat the Whole Person Mental health treatment has come a long, long way. Just a hundred years ago, we hid people with mental health problems away in places with names like insane asylums or sanitoriums. We treated them with techniques that now appear barbaric. Ice baths, restraints, and isolation were common. They were better, however than what came before that. During

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June 10, 2021

What is Indirect/Vicarious Trauma and How Does It Develop in Teens?

Hearing about a horrific tragedy that has occurred or is occurring can sometimes result in symptoms of trauma – even for people who weren’t directly involved in the event. This concept is known as indirect trauma. If this has happened to you, you know that traumatic symptoms can develop immediately after you hear the news, or, they can develop weeks and months later. Trauma and PTSD Examples of traumatic incidents

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June 9, 2021

Self-Injury Treatment Programs for Non-Suicidal Teens

Treatment for Teens Who Engage in Self-Injury But Aren’t Suicidal When parents discover their teen engages in the maladaptive pattern of behavior mental health professionals call non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), the first question most ask themselves is why. That’s after the initial shock fades, of course. Learning their teenage child intentionally harms themselves can be confusing and difficult to understand. The next thing they worry about is whether their teen is

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June 8, 2021