Adolescent Stress: How Much is Too Much?
Stress: Everyone has it. This includes you, your boss, your partner, and even your kids. While stress is not, in itself, necessarily a bad thing, having too much stress can […]
Stress: Everyone has it. This includes you, your boss, your partner, and even your kids. While stress is not, in itself, necessarily a bad thing, having too much stress can […]
It may go without saying that teens who are involved in gangs are going to have some type of mental health problem. Due to the violence that members of gangs
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If your teenager is dating, you probably have a lot on your mind. You might be concerned about unintentional pregnancy or sexually transmissible infections. You might also worry about how
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One of the biggest challenges for parents of teens is how to discern what’s normal for adolescence and what may be a teen mental illness. Sure, teens can get moody,
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If genetic mental health disorders run in your family, you might be waiting with bated breath to see if your teen begins showing symptoms of them. Several mental health disorders
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