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The 3 Types of Trauma Your Teen Can Experience
As parents, caregivers, or guardians, we place the highest priority on making sure our children are happy, healthy, and thriving. The years they are in our care seem to fly by, and the time we have to provide guidance and support feels quite limited in some cases. Parents try their best to protect their children…
Read MoreWhat Triggers Paranoid Personality Disorder?
Teenagers with paranoid personality disorder suffer from paranoia and an unrelenting mistrust and suspicion of others. These feelings occur even though there is no reason to be suspicious, or nothing has been done to provoke a lack of trust. Those with paranoid personality disorder tend to have significant difficulty maintaining or fostering relationships with family,…
Read MoreWill Depression Ever End?
Successful Treatment Options for Your Teen’s Depression Symptoms Depression or major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental health disorders in the United States (and across the world). Unfortunately, despite its prevalence in people of all ages, depressive disorders are also some of the most misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed conditions. The signs, symptoms, and…
Read MoreHow To Handle Your Mental Health and the School-Life Balance?
High school, under the best of circumstances, is stressful. This academic year, students of all ages were thrown a curveball in the form of a global health and economic crisis that has changed how education looked for most of the academic year. Moreover, recent events may change how the school looks and functions for years…
Read MoreHere’s Everything You Need to Know About Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness most known for the extreme shifts in mood experienced by those who have the diagnosis. Bipolar disorder is a very common mental illness. It is estimated that approximately 2.5 million adults in the United States are diagnosed with it.
Read MoreAnger Issues: A Warning Sign?
Feelings of violence or anger acting out can be identified with various hidden challenges, including anxiety, depression, addiction, and other mental health issues. Many people can have underlying challenges with shallow confidence, as well as issues with mistrust. Some people may likewise have a history marked by past sexual, physical, or psychological abuse. There might…
Read MoreTake a Chance on Residential Treatment
There are a lot of misconceptions and unwarranted fears that tend to arise when someone says the words residential treatment center. What is residential treatment? How is residential treatment different than inpatient treatment? What do residential treatment centers treat? It is not uncommon for people to relate residential treatment with institutionalization. However, these are two…
Read MoreCyberbullying: How To Help A Friend
Cyberbullying is the experience of being bullied over a technology device such as cell phones, computers, tablets, social media, forums, and gaming. It is unfortunately occurring at a rate that is steadily increasing and very high. Federally collected data from 2017 shows that 15% of school aged children 12-18 have experienced bullying by text message.…
Read MoreOCD: More Than A Quirk
You’ve probably encountered someone in your life and have written off their quirky behaviors to OCD. Perhaps this friend was overly neat and organized. Maybe they were excessively clean and were taken to be a germophobe. Possibly, this person just seemed uptight and needed to learn to relax. Or, so you thought. In reality, OCD…
Read MoreFall Season Social Anxiety
As we enter into the fall season, households across America start packing up their summer wear. And, they start pulling out fall clothing and warm blankets, and switching the thermostat from air conditioning to heating. For many Americans, however, fall means an emotional change as well. In fact, the fall season is well known for…
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