Posts Tagged ‘youth mental health’
Stay Strong: 7 Ways To Maintain Mental Strength After Treatment
Once your teen completes mental health or substance use treatment such as an intensive outpatient program or short-term residential treatment, it’s important that they maintain the mental strength they’ve built up so they can continue their healing process. To help them along, share this blog post, which has seven tips for the next phase of…
Read MoreWhen Social Media Attacks
Look around you. At any given time, someone within 30 feet of you is likely viewing some type of social media. You connect with it, you learn from it, and watch your idols through it. Social media has so many powerful forces for good, and some questionable influences, too. But what happens when you become…
Read MoreMental Health Treatment Amid the Coronavirus
News of the recent coronavirus, or COVID-19, has brought with it feelings of anxiety, panic and stress, impacting the emotional, mental and physical health of many families across the United States. As a family of providers of mental health, we understand these feelings are normal in times of uncertainty, but it is important not to…
Read MoreHow Marijuana Impacts Our Mental Health
The legalization of marijuana in so many states has made the drug incredibly popular and even more accessible. There are so many different ways to ingest it, and it has become very normalized. However, we forget that marijuana is still illegal for anyone under the age of 21. There are a lot of reasons for…
Read MoreDo I Need to Be Hospitalized?
It is important to recognize how you are feeling and talk to someone you trust about whether being hospitalized is the best option.
Read MoreBeing Social Media Vigilant
After treatment for mental health and/or substance use, you learned a lot about self-care, therapy skills to help you manage your stress and emotions, and about being vigilant in those things to protect you from relapse. You can also protect yourself by being vigilant in your social media use. By keeping yourself safe, monitoring how…
Read MoreCan Creativity Help Me Heal?
Sometimes coming out of depression, anxiety, or substance use can feel like you have been in a dark box, locked away, without light. It may seem hard for you to let the light in again. Life can feel overwhelming when you are looking to find mental health again. There were so many things that you…
Read MoreIs There a Reason Why School Is So Hard for Me?
For as long as you can remember, school was so hard. School is especially hard for many people; you are not alone. Learn more here.
Read MoreThe Importance of Our Families in Our Mental Health
Families are our origin. They can be our DNA, they can be our first loves and our greatest heartbreak. They are the people whom we learn everything from, whether or not what they teach us is healthy. Even in dysfunctional families, there is love, and a bond that is different from any other human relationships.…
Read MoreNavigating Life with a Learning Disability
Did you know that in the United States, seven million students receive Special Education services each year? Of those seven million, 34 percent are diagnosed with specific learning disabilities. Learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, apraxia of speech, central auditory processing disorders, and nonverbal learning disorders are actually quite common. Having a learning disability…
Read MoreMarijuana is Legal, but is it Safe for Me?
With all of the conversations around the legalization of marijuana, one of the things that get overlooked is, although it is legal, it is still only legal for those who are over the age of 21. Too many adolescents assume that if it is legal for adults, then it is okay for them, also. However,…
Read MoreThe Power of Social Media
This is not another article from an adult telling adolescents that social media is bad. In fact, it’s the opposite. Social media can be a powerful tool for change. We often hear how much time is wasted on social media, or how many people are abused or bullied. However, less reported are the positive uses…
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