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How Long is Residential Treatment for Teens?

If your child is about to begin a stay at a residential treatment center, you’re bound to have a lot of questions. What types of therapy will be involved? Will our family be allowed to visit? And, of course, how long is a teen residential treatment program? In this...

Is Residential Treatment Considered Inpatient or Outpatient?

If you’ve never engaged with residential treatment centers before, it’s common to ask: is residential treatment considered inpatient or outpatient? Our residential teen treatment centers are considered inpantient because teens stay at our houses during the course of...

When to Choose Residential Treatment Over Other Treatment Programs

When seeking help for your teen, it’s important to know which mental health conditions can be treated by residential treatment. For teens suffering from mental health disorders, behavioral disorders, psychological disorders, or addiction issues, there are a variety of...

Does Insurance Cover Residential Treatment?

How Much Does Residential Treatment Cost? Cost of Residential Treatment The cost of residential treatment varies between each Residential Treatment Center (RTC). The spectrum of cost may range anywhere from free (this is very uncommon) to tens of thousands of dollars...

3% of Teens Identify as Transgender or Gender Nonconforming in America

How Many Transgender Teens Are There? Approximately 150,000 American teens (ages 13 to 17) identify as transgender in the United States today. Of course, there is no general age in which people typically “discover” or “come out” as transgender. Nonetheless, more and...

How To Treat Teen Depression (A Guide for Parents)

It is very common for young people to experience occasional moodiness or periods of sadness. Yet with depression rates on the rise amongst adolescents and teenagers (approximately 12.5% of youth today have experience at least one major depressive episode), it is vital...

Social Anxiety in Teens: Signs, Symptoms, and How to Help

What is Social Anxiety? Social anxiety disorder (SAD) affects 1 out of 3 adolescents between 13 and 18 years old. Over 19 million people across America suffer from social anxiety disorder (SAD) today. It is the most common anxiety disorder and third most common mental...

Prevention of Teen Depression: Parent, Friend, and Support Tips

At any given time, one out of every five teenagers is experiencing major depression. If you are a parent to an adolescent or teenager, you are likely familiar with the moodiness inherent to this age group.  Mood swings are common, as teens are experiencing a vast...

How to Talk to Your Teen About Depression

Talking to your teen about depression can be a difficult and intimidating task. The adolescent and teenage years are some of the most difficult, due to the immense amount of changes going on in both the brain and the body.  These changes affect how teens think, learn,...

Managing Expectations With Your Adolescent

As a parent of an adolescent, your attitudes, actions, and beliefs can have a tremendous impact on your child’s well-being. Your teen is experiencing the challenging process of transitioning from childhood to adulthood and, as someone who has gone through this journey...

How to Know If Your Child Is Transgender

There is no simple test to tell if a child is transgender. Experts often refer to the idea of insistence, consistency, and persistence in terms of gauging whether a child is just going through a phase or not.  This means the more insistent a child is, and the longer...

What is A Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility?

A psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) provides out-of-home psychiatric care to children, adolescents, and young adults in a non-hospital, highly structured setting.  PRTF’s serve clients whose mental health needs require more intensive treatment than can...

What Causes Eating Disorders in Teenagers?

Identifying the Risk Factors: Causes, Signs & Symptoms of Teen Eating Disorders Eating disorders are complex and affect all different kinds of people. Although, adolescents and teenagers are more at risk. There is no one identified cause of teen eating disorders....

What Causes Mental Illness in Adolescence

Although it is often assumed that young people are more carefree than adults, their lives are full of emotional ups and downs. This is hugely evident in the statistics regarding adolescent and teen mental health, with as many as one out of every five adolescents and...

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Body Dysphoria

The Epidemic Behind Gender Dysphoria Imagine you are an insecure teenager and your body is rapidly going through changes. When you look in the mirror, you don’t like what you see. Although unlike standard insecurities teenagers deal with, this is different. You aren't...

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Gratitude

grat·i·tude noun: gratitude the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. With the Santa Monica Mountains in the background, I gaze out my bay window, in the early morning hours. The sun is breaking through the clouds and...

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Teen Rehab

When to Seek Help If your teen is struggling with a possible addiction, it can be tough to know where to turn for help. As a parent, you might feel conflicted on which “next step” is the best step. Is their behavior putting them in danger of serious addiction? Or is...

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