Category: Depression
Should I Let My Child Take Mental Health Medication
When your child has a mental illness, it’s natural to want to do anything to help them feel better. One option is medication. However, it’s normal that you’ll have many questions come up when considering whether or not your child should take prescription medications for their mental health condition. Mental health conditions are common in…
What To Do If My Child Tells Me They Want To Commit Suicide
If your child has told you they want to commit suicide, the next step is to discuss what they meant. This is an important step because it can help you understand their intentions and feelings. Remember that open-ended questions may be helpful, such as: Tell me more about what you meant when you said “I…
How To Help Your Anxious Teenager
Your teen is going through a lot, and you want to know how to help your anxious teenager. You know that anxiety isn’t something that’s easy to talk about. It’s important to know that anxiety is a normal part of life and can be caused by many things. However, if it is causing your child…
How Phone Use Affects Teen Mental Health
A lot of parents wonder how phone use affects their teen’s mental health, well-being and development. When your teen uses his or her phone, you wonder, is it a healthy form of self-expression, relaxation, or is it detrimental to their mental health? It can be difficult to know the answer. What are the effects of…
Should My Teen Go To Counseling?
Teenagers are not always easy to deal with. They have their own needs and wants, and often those two things don’t line up with what you want for them. One of the common problems that many teens face is their lack of emotional control. This means that they struggle to cope with certain situations and…
How To Help Your Depressed Teenager
As a parent, the most difficult thing is to watch your child struggle with their mental health. You may feel helpless, powerless or frustrated by your inability to help them through this difficult period in their life. However, there are many things you can do to support your teenager and help them overcome depression. The…
How To Know When Your Teenager Needs Counseling
How to know when your teenager needs counseling is a difficult thing for a parent to understand and learn. As a parent, one of the most frustrating experiences is seeing your child struggle but they will not let you help them. It can be hard trying to understand what your teen is going through and…
Causes of Suicidal Thoughts
Adolescent suicide is now the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year old’s. This is a really serious issue that is unfortunately happening all around the country and it is often caused by teenage depression. As we know, there is no one cause of suicidal thoughts, so we must dig deeper and look at…
Overcome Intrusive Thoughts: The Ultimate Guide
Overcoming intrusive thoughts can be very difficult. In fact, research illustrates a ‘boomerang effect’ in which the more we try to not think about a thought, the louder it tends to become. A great example to explain this is like when you have a song stuck in your head and the more you keep trying to get…
Self-harm: The Ultimate Guide To Overcoming Self-harm
Self-harm is when we intentionally cause damage to the surface of our bodies through actions such as cutting, hitting, or burning ourselves. However, most of the time these actions are not done with the intention of committing suicide, but rather with the motivation to get relief from mental pain or to actually feel something after feeling emotionally…