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Teens at Home During the Coronavirus Lockdown

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As difficult as the stay-at-home orders have been for adults to handle, imagine how awful it has been for teens. Adults, at least, have maturity on their side. Adults have learned over the years how to manage adversity or overcome life’s…
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6 Anger Coping Skills for Teens

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How Do You Help a Teenager With Anger Issues? Slammed doors and angry outbursts may just be run of the mill teenage behavior. The teen years are rife with strong moods and feelings as it is. Teens are in the process of changing from being a…
How to Help a Suicidal Teenager

How to Help a Suicidal Teen

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The teenage years have always been trying. Adolescence has perennially been an emotionally challenging developmental stage, due to hormone fluctuations, social struggles, increasing academic pressure, and shaky self-esteem. Teen brains are still…
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Teen Treatment Center California Heals and Empowers Adolescents in Distress

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It could be that your teenager was always unique and challenging, a handful so to speak. On the contrary, your teen may have only recently begun exhibiting outward signs of internal turmoil. Regardless of how long a history your adolescent has…
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Los Angeles Psychiatric Residential Treatment Teens

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No one wants to see their teen move forward toward a successful, fulfilling life more than his or her own family. Parents and siblings may have watched the teen grow from a child, full of promise and enthusiasm for life, into an adolescent where…
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Suicidal Signs in Teens

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One of the more alarming societal trends in recent years is the escalation in the rates of suicide among teens. In fact, teen suicide has increased by over 30% in individuals ages 15-19 since 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control.…
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Inpatient Treatment for Teens Los Angeles

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“Troubled teen,” what a disparaging term that is. This widely used label only serves to minimize what could be a serious mental health crisis, or stigmatize a teen who is simply struggling with typical teenage angst. Without a doubt, passing…
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Teenage Depression and Self Harm

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Parents of teens who engage in self-harming behaviors usually had no clue that it was going on. Teens who do self-harm are usually discreet about these practices, hiding the signs of self-injury under long sleeve shirts and pants. But many parents…
Teen Psychiatric Evaluation

Teenage Psychiatric Evaluation and Stabilization

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There are abundant reasons why a teenager might seem to be in the throes of emotional distress. These tumultuous years are, at the least, marked by moodiness and drama, and by depression and social anxiety at the more serious end. Hormonal fluctuations,…
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Residential OCD Treatment for Teens

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a complex mental health disorder than often emerges in childhood or early teen years. The disorder can manifest itself in thoughts and behaviors that are disruptive to the teen’s daily activities and…