"Loser!" How Labels Stick to Your Child-and Affect Behavior
“Freak. Loser. Idiot. Geek.” These are just some of the ugly labels kids throw around every day at school. Chances are, your child has been called names …
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Fighting with Your Teen?
Does this sound familiar? You’ve told your teen she can’t go out with her friends this Friday because she came in past curfew last weekend. There’s been …
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Teenagers Talking Back: How to Manage This Annoying Behavior
"If your child is talking back all the time and you’re not setting firm limits around it, make no mistake, you are training him to do it more often." When …
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Adolescent Behavior Changes
If you’re the parent of a teen, you’ve probably heard a version of this coming from your child’s lips—or expressed with an eye roll or door slam. …
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Many children and adolescents have mental health problems that interfere with their normal development and daily life activities. Some mental health problems …
Read MoreChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Target population Specialist child and adolescent mental health services are provided for children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years with serious …
Read MoreDefining Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Children
Studies show that biological factors, such as genetics and brain chemistry, and environmental factors, such as stress and parenting styles, together play a …
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Mental Illness in Children
Nearly 5 million children in the U.S. have some type of serious mental illness (one that significantly interferes with daily life). In any given year, 20% of …
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Strengthening the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Workforce
Child and adolescent mental health problems are at a point of crisis for our nation. One out of every ten children or adolescents has a serious mental health …
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The Emotional Lives of Adolescents
Although adolescence was once believed to be a time of rebellion and tumult, we now know that this developmental stage is calmer than previously assumed. The …
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Adolescence: The Last Step Before Becoming An Adult
Children must pass through several stages, or take specific steps, on their road to becoming adults. For most people, there are four or five such stages of …
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Teenage plus: The new adolescence
They should be the healthiest people on the planet, the "almost grown ups" still in the bloom of youth and full of dreams for the future. But today's …
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Adolescent Life Cycle Issues
Adolescence can be a difficult time for even the most mature and responsible kids. It's a developmental level where physical, mental, emotional, and social …
Read MoreParenting Tips
Parents of struggling teens often find it challenging to find the best way to respond. It may help to keep the following tips in mind. Remember, virtually …
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How to assess struggling teens’ special
To find the right services, schools, or programs for struggling teens, it is important to have a good understanding of his or her unique challenges and needs. …
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Adolescent Development and Values
“Adolescence may be defined as a period within the life span when most of the person’s physical, psychological and social characteristics are in a state of …
Read MoreHealth problems in adolescence
Adolescence is the time period between 11 and 18 years of life (WHO definition), characterized by critical physical and psychological changes leading to …
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Social and Emotional Challenges in Adolescence
Most teenagers have concerns about being accepted by their peers, but many teens with ADHD have come to expect some social rejection due to their difficulties …
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Childhood Adolescent Issues
Child abuse is widespread. Because the problem is so extensive and the emotional damage so long-lasting, it is essential that it be recognized and treated as …
Read MoreThe Parenting of Adolescents and Adolescents as Parents
Adolescence has been described as a phase of life beginning in biology and ending in society (Petersen, 1988). Indeed, adolescence may be defined as the period …
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Stopping adolescent problems
The burden of disease in adolescents worldwide is now much more centred on injuries and non-communicable disease, since infectious disease rates fell long ago …
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Substance Abuse/Chemical Dependence in Adolescents
There are three different terms used to define substance-related disorders, including the following: Substance abuse. Substance abuse describes a pattern of …
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Obesity in Adolescents
Overweight and obesity together represent the second leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that can …
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Bulimia Nervosa in Adolescents
Bulimia nervosa, usually referred to as bulimia, is defined as uncontrolled episodes of overeating (bingeing), usually followed by purging (self-induced …
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Understanding Teenage Depression
The medical community once thought depression affected only adults. The risk for the condition can begin in childhood or the early teens, however, and …
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