Parenting Today Newsletter
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Mental Health and Mental Illness: What Does it All Mean?
by Courtney Oliver, LMHC There’s a lot of buzz these days about mental health. Everyone has mental health, just like everyone has physical health. The terms mental health and mental illness tend to...
Recognizing Depression in Youth
By Chase Myers, LMHCA, BYS Therapist Down, blue, gloomy — there are a thousand different ways to tell someone you are sad, and those are just the verbal cues. If I were to ask you to think of a sad...
Youth Depression, Diagnosis, and Medication
by Linda Semlitz, MD When and how is medication used when children and adolescents are diagnosed with depression? If you are concerned that your child might be depressed, it is important to talk to...
Reducing Anxiety Through Secure Attachment
by Megan Sater, LMFTA According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 1 in 3 adolescents will experience an anxiety-related disorder before the age of 18. Many young people find themselves in...