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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month: #1Thing

Early Roots: Protecting Families In 1981, advocates for women and children created Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) to raise awareness about domestic violence and spread reliable facts and knowledge about its prevalence and consequences. Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) is the product of that same awareness and advocacy movement. The goals of DVAM and TDVAM are serious, and it’s important to distinguish these months by recognizing the necessity of

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February 10, 2020

The Relationship Between Alcohol Use, Substance Use, and Parenting Style

Scores of peer-reviewed scientific journal studies that examine the relationship between parenting styles and the use of alcohol and drugs are available to the public. The majority of this research focuses on the effect of parenting style on alcohol and drug use among adolescents. In this area of research, scientists identify four primary parenting styles – Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive, and Neglectful – and attempt to determine which style has the

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February 7, 2020

Why Seeking out Rejection Can Help Teens Overcome Anxiety

If you’re like many teens, you’re scared of rejection. You really want to ask your crush or friend out, but what if they say no? Your dream is to snag a certain internship or summer job, but how will you ever be accepted? You want to apply to some top colleges, but is it even worth it if you’ll probably be rejected? Social Anxiety and Fear of Rejection This fear

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February 5, 2020

DBT Skills For Teens: This One DBT Skill Can Lift Most Teens’ Negative Moods

Opposite Action is a very popular Dialectical Behavior Therapy skill among teens.  In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), teens learn a variety of practical skills they can use to change unhealthy and ineffective behaviors. These skills are divided into four core modules: Emotion Regulation, Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. One well-known skill in the Emotion Regulation set is called Opposite Action. This skill is helpful for teens struggling with depression,

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February 4, 2020

For Teens With Borderline Personality Disorder, This One Symptom Is Very Common

One of the main symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is splitting. Splitting is the unconscious division of people, situations or events as “all good” or “all bad.” For example, a teen with BPD can decide a friend is either “the most loyal person in the world” or “evil.” An event is either “amazing” or “terrible.” A situation either “worked out perfectly” or turned “disastrously”. Splitting occurs as a defensive

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February 3, 2020

Eat Your Vegetables: Diet and Health in Childhood and Adolescence

An alarming trend has emerged over the past three decades in the United States: children and adolescents are falling victim to a wide array of health problems. According to studies released by the CDC, the Kaiser Foundation, and countless peer-reviewed academic journal publications, data indicate that obesity, asthma, and type 2 diabetes are all on the rise. Not only do these medical conditions degrade a child’s overall quality of life

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January 31, 2020

January is National Hobby Month: Top Ten Benefits of Hobbies for Teens

Sometimes, hobbies are just fun, and nothing else. And that’s what makes them so great. They occupy a space in life that’s not work, school, or family. Everyone needs that: a part of life where there’s no pressure and very few expectations. Hobbies can be that. But hobbies can be also be much more. They can teach a teenager valuable lessons that last for years, and improve their overall quality

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January 30, 2020

January 2020: National Stalking Awareness Month

Stalking is a serious crime that can cause severe emotional damage to the person being stalked. Stalking can also be a precursor to sexual and non-sexual violence, rape, and murder. Did that sentence get your attention? Good. That’s why we wrote it: stalking needs your attention. It needs all our attention. It needs national attention. Here are two figures from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey to give

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January 29, 2020

What Does It Mean That My Teen Has Prodromal Symptoms of Psychosis?

If your teen has been acting strangely over the past few days and weeks, you might have taken them to a mental health professional, who stated that your child could be in the prodromal stages of psychosis. What does it mean if your teen is prodromal? This means that your teen is showing the introductory signs of psychosis that indicate he or she could end up developing full-blown psychosis in

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January 28, 2020

Someone Is Stalking My Teen Online. What Do I Do?

Here at Evolve Treatment Centers, our utmost priority is the safety and security of adolescents and teens everywhere. That’s why we’re committed to spreading awareness on the dangers of the dark web, unfiltered social media access, and the unfortunate reality of child sex trafficking/grooming. Grooming and stalking go hand-in-hand. Many child predators will start talking to their victims online, and then start stalking and harassing them if and when the

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January 27, 2020