Teens can get angry over many things. They might feel like you don’t understand them. They might feel like you are stifling their individuality or independence. However, most of these circumstances are common and can be easily managed. When teens are angry due to a significant event in their lives, such as […]
Behavior Issues
One Teen Talks Openly About Her Panic Attacks on Facebook
In an attempt to change the incessant stigma that comes with mental illness, a teen recently made a post on Facebook highlighting the difference between her “normal” self and a side of her most people don’t see – what she looks like right after a panic attack. The post got an enormous amount […]
Emotional Health and Anger Management for Male Adolescents
Teens can exhibit a variety of intense emotions during adolescence. In fact, this stage of life is characterized by being more emotional versus rational, more impulsive versus cautious. However, it seems that males have a tendency of exhibiting their emotions more than female teens. For instance, male and female adolescents can express anger differently […]
Causes and Contributing Factors to ADHD in Teens
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is very common disorder among teens. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one to three teens in a classroom of 30 students has ADHD, affecting between 5% and 7.5% of adolescents. Interestingly, boys are three to six times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than girls. According to […]
Finding School Help for Your ADHD Teen
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is an impulse-control disorder that is a common mental illness among children and teens. In fact, ADHD is the most frequently diagnosed childhood mental illness. The benefit of there being so many children and teens with ADHD is that there is a growing understanding and acceptance of the illness – particularly […]
Adolescent Angst and Aggression versus a Deeper Disorder
It’s common for teens to feel anger. Imagine being 17 or 18 again. You’re living at home and you have a set of rules you need to abide by. You can feel your intense desire to want to live, see the world, and do things on your own terms. But because you’re still living under […]
Help for Parents of Angry and Aggressive Teens
Teens are already challenging to parent. However, when a teen is struggling with a mental illness, it can have a significant impact on the teen-parent relationship. For this reason, it’s essential that parents get the support they need in order to tend to the emotional and psychological challenges their child is going through. If […]
Teen Sex Addiction and Sexual Abuse
Often, when there is sexual abuse in a family home, teens end up expressing their pain in other ways, particularly if he or she is unable to talk about the abuse. For instance, a teen might engage in drug use or drinking as a way to push the pain away. A teen might leave the […]
At Risk Youth, Mental Illness, and Addiction
The term at-risk youth is used frequently, but what does it mean exactly? Those in the mental health field tend to use the phrase freely but it’s worth explaining more clearly what the term means. In general, at-risk youth are those children who have had distressing childhoods and by virtue of their circumstances are […]
The Reduction of Harm Model for Teens with Addiction
Most people have heard of the 12-step model for treating addiction, developed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). However, there are other models that parents, caregivers, and teens may want to know about. Although the 12-step method has been incredibly successful and has supported millions of people around the world with achieving sobriety, there are some […]