Although it takes a thorough assessment before a clinician –therapist or psychologist – can diagnose a teen with depression, there are some classic indications that point to depression in an […]
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Adolescence is a time in which teens are forming their unique sense of identity. They begin to do this by pulling away from their family, looking for role models in
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Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease. A phobia is a type of anxiety, a type of fear related to an immanent event or even related to an
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Up until recently, certain mental illnesses that had to do with emotions were categorized under mood disorders, also known as affective disorders. The word affect is a clinical term for
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychological illness that affects teens and adults in a variety of significant ways. It is a mental illness experienced by someone who has
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Teens are in an already fragile state during adolescence. Although their changes have been historically seen as tumultuous and chaotic, they don’t have to be. In his 2014 book Brainstorm:
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Okay, many teen dress oddly. It’s natural. They’re in the process of discovering themselves; they’re trying out new clothes, new roles, and new social groups. They’re trying to figure out
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Jonathan Rottenberg, associate professor of psychology at the University of South Florida is determined to bring depression out of the dark. Rottenberg suffered from a severe period depression and then
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Adolescence is a remarkable stage in life. If you were to take a look at the brain, there are mini electrical connections going on between billions of neurons. It’s like
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There are a variety of psychological disorders that affect teens differently. In fact, the way that certain illnesses affect children, adolescents, and adults provide the structure by which psychological illnesses
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