What You Need To Know about Psychological Testing for Your Child
As a parent or guardian, you want what’s best for your child. But sometimes it’s difficult to know how to help. If your son or [...]
Does My Teenager Need Counseling?
Mental health counseling is a great tool for helping teens work through whatever is troubling them. However, it can be difficult to know if a [...]
What Is Cyberbullying and What Are Its Effects?
As social media becomes more and more prevalent in the lives of teens and children, cyberbullying becomes more of an issue. It's estimated that 37 [...]
A Closer Look At ADHD vs ADD
Sometimes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) are used interchangeably in a modern speech to describe an individual that is easily distracted [...]
How to Handle Being Homesick in College
College is an exciting time of newness and change in your life, but with this change can come some overwhelming emotions, too. For many, the [...]
Can Depression Cause Mood Swings? What’s the Difference?
There's no doubt that teens are moody, but some teens have depression. Read to learn when a teen is having mood swings or depression, and what to do.
Short and Long Term Effects of Teen Bullying
Teens exposed to bullying can develop mental health issues as a result. Learn about the effects of teen bullying, and what can be done about it.
5 Ways You Can Help Your Teen Through Outpatient Addiction Treatment
Family support is crucial for successful recovery from an addiction. Follow these tips to help your teen through outpatient addiction treatment.
Why is Child Suicide on the Rise?
Child suicide is a tragic topic, especially if you or someone you know has lost a young family member or friend to suicide. Discussing child [...]
How to Talk to Your Family about Your Child’s Mental Illness
Open communication can help family members understand your child's mental illness. Learn more about how to talk to family about your child's condition.
Building Healthy Self-Esteem in Your Kids
Being a parent is hard — not only do you have the responsibilities of feeding your kids, helping them with homework and making sure they [...]
Over-Diagnosis and Prevalence of ADHD
Attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, or ADHD as it's more commonly known, is a mental health condition that includes persistent problems with sustaining focus, high-energy behavior and [...]
Four Common Teen Mental Health Disorders and How to Spot Them
Parents of teenagers often grumble that moodiness underlines the behavior of their teen children. While all adolescents go through serious emotional growth in the teen [...]
3 Ways to Support Teens with Mental Illnesses
The teenage years are fraught with confusion, a desire for independence, high emotions, changing hormones and a plethora of other challenges. As if growing up [...]
How to Spot 5 Signs of Depression in Teenagers
Being a teenager is tough, and having to parent a teenager comes with struggles, too. The adolescent years are fraught with difficulty. From brain development [...]