If your child is about to begin a stay at a residential treatment center, you’re bound to have a lot…
When seeking help for your teen, it’s important to know which mental health conditions can be treated by residential treatment.…
How Much Does Residential Treatment Cost? Cost of Residential Treatment The cost of residential treatment varies between each Residential Treatment…
How Many Transgender Teens Are There? Approximately 150,000 American teens (ages 13 to 17) identify as transgender in the United…
It is very common for young people to experience occasional moodiness or periods of sadness. Yet with depression rates on the…
Parents often wonder how to distinguish normal teenage mood swings and rebellions from actual symptoms of depression. Fortunately, there are…
At any given time, one out of every five teenagers is experiencing major depression. If you are a parent to an…
Talking to your teen about depression can be a difficult and intimidating task. The adolescent and teenage years are some…
As a parent of an adolescent, your attitudes, actions, and beliefs can have a tremendous impact on your child’s well-being.…
There is no simple test to tell if a child is transgender. Experts often refer to the idea of insistence,…
A psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) provides out-of-home psychiatric care to children, adolescents, and young adults in a non-hospital, highly…
Identifying the Risk Factors: Causes, Signs & Symptoms of Teen Eating Disorders Eating disorders are complex and affect all different…
Although it is often assumed that young people are more carefree than adults, their lives are full of emotional ups…
What Is Self-Harm? Self-harm (sometimes called self-injury or self-mutilation) is the act of intentionally harming oneself in a physical manner.…
Entering residential treatment can be a difficult, confusing, and stressful time for both the parents and the adolescent or teenager…
When a person suffers from two or more mental health conditions, they are referred to as “comorbid” or co-occurring disorders.…
Mental illness is hugely common in adolescents and teenagers. In fact, approximately one in five young people meet criteria for…
Oppositional defiant disorder in teens (ODD) is one of the more common mental health disorders and falls under the umbrella…
Residential treatment centers provide individualized mental and behavioral health care for youth struggling with a variety of issues and…
TEENAGE MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS Mental illness is a disorder of brain function. There are many different classes and categories of…
Symptoms of ADD in Teenage Girls Images of boys being impatient, loud, or climbing on things often come to mind…
Why Today's Teens Are More Depressed. Depression is a serious mental illness that can affect anyone. Depression causes ongoing sadness,…
According to popular belief, depression is one of the main causes of substance abuse and addiction in teenagers. It is…
The adolescent and teenage years are a challenging phase of life. During this time, it is fairly common for youth…
Post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop following a traumatic event. PTSD can occur in…
As human beings, our bodies have a natural, built in “fight-or-flight” response when danger is sensed. The brain activates adrenaline…
What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Teens with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have particularly negative and distorted views of themselves, including…
Social media is a constant in life for most people, especially teenagers. According to the research, 90% of teenagers are…
The adolescent and teenage years are a time of growth and transformation, physically, mentally and biologically. In moving towards adulthood,…
Excessive use of social media, smartphones, and other technologies has had a demonstrably negative impact on the mental health of…
This article will attempt to answer common questions that parents may have about teen transgenderism. Though the subject of being…
Being a parent of a teenager with gender dysphoria brings many challenges. Not only is it difficult to watch your…
Self-harm affects millions of people in this country. Yet the population with the highest number of self-harmers is adolescents and…
Worrying from time to time is a natural part of life. Yet, if the worry feels out of control, unmanageable,…
LGBTQ Youth Today, adolescents are coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) at higher rates than ever…
What is Bipolar? Bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder characterized by dramatic or abnormal mood changes (or swings). The estimated number…
Depression is a very real condition and it is something that is uniquely likely to have an impact on teenagers.…
When most people hear the term “drug abuse”, they immediately think of substances that can be bought on the street.…
According to some recent studies, as many as 20 million American women and 10 million American men have suffered…
No matter who you might be, the teenage years are inevitably a difficult time. You are constantly feeling the pressures…
The topic of residential treatment is something few parents talk about with any sense of enthusiasm. But when teens are…
Statistically, the teenage years are the time in people’s lives that they are most likely to suffer from an eating…
Eating disorders are amongst the most common forms of teenage mental health disorders. The constant stress of establishing one’s identity,…
The Relationship Between Transgender Identity Affirmation & Mental Health Whether we are willing to admit it as parents or not,…
What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder in teens? Bipolar disorder is a condition that can impact both the individual…
Naturally, getting any sort of surgery is a complicated process that carries with it a unique risk of further complications.…
There is no denying the fact that mental health conditions are present in a significant number of American teenagers. But…