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Articles on Mental Health
Depression. Anxiety. Eating disorders. If you’re concerned about your teenager’s mental health, we can help. Browse our articles below for expert advice on common adolescent mental health issues.
Latest on Mental Health
By Anonymous Some of my earliest memories feature my therapist. I was diagnosed with anxiety as a young child. While other children were struck by fears on a fleeting basis, I could not stop thinking and obsessing over them, using my vast imagination to create new “what if” scenarios in which they w[more...]
12 Aug 2015
Living with a child who has an anxiety disorder is complicated, frustrating, exhausting, isolating, and heart-breaking. It’s not at all what we expected raising a child would be like.[more...]
12 Aug 2015
Don't ask too many questions. Don't treat us differently . . . and other tips for helping a grieving teenager.[more...]
08 Jul 2015
Anxiety is a normal part of adolescence. Here's how parents can help.[more...]
03 Jul 2015
A roundup of perspectives—a parent, two teenagers, and an expert—on living with ADHD.[more...]
26 Dec 2014
There's no hard and fast rule for who will develop an eating disorder, but some teenagers are more at risk than others.[more...]
04 Nov 2014
Body image. Bullies. Boys. The author tackles these and much more.[more...]
28 Oct 2014
I thought the bullying had ended. Little did I know.[more...]
29 Jul 2014
Help teenagers deal with body image issues with this series of four videos.[more...]
28 Jun 2014
My 14-year-old daughter is sweet, kind, thoughtful—and too dependent on me.[more...]
20 Jun 2014
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