Self-harm is a behavior teens many experience while doing everything in their power to hide it from their parents. This was the case of one 14-year old teen whose family […]
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When children are young, parents usually teach them how to keep their bodies healthy. For example, you probably taught your child that he or she needs to eat vegetables, get
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Mental health issues have a certain social stigma. People might believe that those with mental health conditions can stop their thoughts or behaviors whenever they want. They might think that
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Feeling lonely is an experience that one can feel even if friends and family are around. Some experts define loneliness as the distressing feeling that people experience when they perceive
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Stress management is highly modular. The way I see it, the task of creating a stress management system requires an individual approach. You can’t copy someone else’s stress management system,
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Gender identity struggles are not something that you can pretend don’t exist: In recent years, this topic has been covered extensively in the media. Whether it’s lawmakers banning people from
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This question was asked of parents in the Drug-Free America’s Partnership Attitude Tracking Study. When asking about marijuana, only 14% of the parents reported that they thought their teen may
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One of the trending topics in the year’s review on mental health in America is that a relatively minuscule amount of people seek out mental health treatment in this country.
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When a person is incarcerated and removed from society, their mental illness follows them. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that over half of all inmates experience mental health episodes
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If you ask most teenagers, they will say that they’d love to have more freedom. Adolescence is a time when children transition into adults, and during these years, it’s common
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