Posts Tagged ‘mental health support’
When Do Adolescents Need Mental Health Treatment?
When do adolescents need mental health treatment? Find out from our expert blog when they do and what you can do to help.
Read MoreBack-to-School Guide: Supporting Students’ Mental Health
Learn about some of the biggest mental health challenges adolescents and teens face and how our checklist can help in this back-to-school guide.
Read MoreLGBTQ+ Mental Health: How To Support Your Youth
Learn about LGBTQ+ youth mental health issues like anxiety, depression, and suicide, the statistics, and how to support your teen.
Read MoreFailure To Launch Syndrome: How To Help Teens and Young Adults
Find out what failure to launch syndrome is, the signs and symptoms, how ADHD and autism play a role, and how to help your young adult.
Read MoreHelping Your Teen Deal With Trauma From School Shootings
If your teen was involved in a school shooting, this traumatic event can seriously affect their mental health. Get expert advice about how you can help.
Read MoreWhen You’re Struggling: A Mental Health Support Letter to Teens
This mental health support letter was written by Mary Vanderholm, an associate clinical mental health counselor at Sunrise, a residential treatment center in Utah. Dear Teen, Life can be hard, but it isn’t supposed to be miserable. If you have a bad day, that’s one thing. But if your bad days are happening more often…
Read MoreHow To Help Someone With PTSD
Find out how to help someone who has PTSD with flashbacks, panic attacks, and anger, what not to do, and the best way to offer support.
Read MoreAsk a Therapist: Can BPD Be Cured?
Can you cure BPD? Get expert advice from our therapist on how to treat BPD, some of the overwhelming symptoms, and how parents can help.
Read MoreAsk a Therapist: Does Going to School Cause Depression or Make It Worse?
Does school cause depression? Learn how school pressures can affect mental health and what you can do to help address teen depression.
Read MoreHow To Best Support and Accept Your LGBTQ Youth
With LGBTQ youth facing a unique set of challenges, it’s important that you support and accept your child, whether they’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning or queer. To understand the breadth and depth of issues these dynamic young people often face, consider several key statistics from the National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health…
Read MoreBuilding a Mental Health Support Network
Last Updated: February 2021 Many teenagers and their families are carrying the burden of anxiety, depression or substance abuse alone because building a mental health support network can be incredibly difficult for people overcoming a mental illness. It can sometimes be difficult to connect with and trust others, but a mental health support network is…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter, Social Identities and Leading in Times of Uncertainty
Black Lives Matter Once again, we have all been called to action to examine how we collectively and individually contribute to the systemic racism that has driven people into the streets to demand change. The murder of yet another black man, George Floyd, has ignited a long-smoldering wound, and every one of us has a…
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