May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Are You Ready?
According to US News and World Report, teen suicide is up 4.5-fold (450%) in the last decade, with the bulk of the increase in the last three years.Covid lockdowns and […]
Global Anxiety and Your Teen
How can an invasion by Russia into Ukraine possibly influence the level of anxiety and depression in your teen? The answer is that we have been bombarded with stress due […]
Why do people cut themselves? Understanding teen self-harm
Many teens struggle with anxiety and depression. Some turn to self-harm to deal with their intense feelings. Self-harm and self-injury describe a group of behaviors in which you deliberately hurt […]
Schools and Life are Re-Opening: Talk With Your Teen
I received three phone calls in the last two weeks from parents whose teen recently took their own life… suicide. As you can imagine, the parents are messes with thousands […]