Posts Tagged ‘anxiety and depression’
Smiling Depression: How Happy Faces Can Mask Depression
Find out what smiling depression is, its symptoms, how happiness can mask depression, the suicide risk, and how parents can help.
Read MoreHigh-Functioning Anxiety: How It Affects Teens and How To Help
Learn what high-functioning anxiety is, including its symptoms, signs, and causes, as well as how parents can help their teens and treatment options.
Read MoreSleep Anxiety: What Parents Need To Know
Learn about the dramatic impact of sleep deprivation on mental health, the symptoms of sleep anxiety, and how to help your teen.
Read MoreThe Ultimate Guide to The Teen Mental Health Crisis
In the U.S., rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidality are at all-time highs. A 2018 report by the Child Mind Institute found that there was a 17% increase in anxiety disorder diagnosis among young people over the preceding decade. Pew Research Center found that the number of teenagers who recently experienced depression increased 59% between…
Read MoreWhat Parents Need To Know When Their Adolescent Has Depression
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in 2019, 15.7% of adolescents ages 12-17 experienced at least one major depressive episode. That’s no small number, especially when you consider that depression can have a major impact on a teen’s ability to function and thrive. Teen mental health has come into even sharper focus recently with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a U.S. surgeon general…
Read MoreHow To Help a Teenager With Anxiety: A Guide for Parents
Learn about anxiety, how to help a teenager deal with it, how parents can help provide relief for their son or daughter, and when to pursue treatment.
Read MoreHow to Recognize & Overcome Quarantine Loneliness
As stay-at-home and social distancing continues, we are all feeling a bit of quarantine loneliness. Learn how to recognize & overcome quarantine loneliness.
Read MoreHow COVID-19 Exposed My Daughter’s Underlying Anxiety and Depression
Mid-March brought huge changes thanks to COVID-19. Is your daughter dealing with depression or anxiety due to COVID-19? Here are the warning signs…
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