Category : Adolescents

HOMEBOY JOY RIDE by Paul...

You are invited to view the documentary made with Fr. Greg Boyle and HomeBoy. HomeBoy is the largest gang abatement...

Paul Steinbroner
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07 Sep, 2021

Youth in Crisis: Mental Health in...

We have had an unprecedented year. As the “pandemic persists, we are seeing the highest level of anxiety and...

Dr. Louise Stanger,...
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09 May, 2021

Reversing the Ratio: A Formula for...

Intense kids elicit negative attention.  Full stop.  It’s no one’s fault, it is just the reality. “Stop...

Russell Rice, MFT
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08 Jul, 2020

The Unique Needs of Emerging Adults...

Our youngest generations are facing unprecedented difficulties and uncertainties in their future. They have the highest...

Becky Flood
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28 Sep, 2018

Back to School for Socially Phobic...

Many kids with severe social phobias are never identified because they masquerade as extroverts. They "have to" be...

Dr. Steven Brodsky
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28 Sep, 2018

Lighter Steps: Addiction Treatment...

Drug and alcohol abuse, along with accompanying variations of promiscuity, anxiety, video game addiction and poor...

Josh White
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04 Nov, 2013

Alcohol Use and the Adolescent Brain

Scientific research is revealing that the human brain continues to develop into the early 20s. The immature brain of...

Jack Hinman
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04 Nov, 2013

The Sexualization of Girls

The sexualization of girls is a widely pervasive and ever-increasing problem that comes with a strong cost to girls....

Jack Hinman
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04 Nov, 2013

Teens and the Internet: How...

First, the good news: The Internet is an effective and helpful tool for practical applications, such as research, work...

Jack Hinman
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04 Nov, 2013

Changing the Family Legacy

A long-held tenet in the treatment and recovery worlds is that alcoholism and other drug addictions are a family...

Jerry Moe
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04 Nov, 2013

Adolescent Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is a serious but treatable disorder characterized by extreme, alternating moods that range from...

Jack Hinman
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04 Nov, 2013

Cutting and Self-Harm

Cutting, or self-harming, is intentional self-injurious behavior resulting in tissue damage, illness, and/or risk of...

Jack Hinman
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04 Nov, 2013

Adoption and Residential Treatment

Having a child leave home and reside in a residential treatment center or therapeutic boarding school can be a...

Jack Hinman
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04 Nov, 2013

College drinking: Practical...

Alcohol consumption among college students is a growing problem on campuses across the U.S. Recent reports from The...

Alex Dayton
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04 Nov, 2013

Taking the ‘High’ Out of Higher...

Myths have existed in our society since the dawn of time. The world is flat. Using leeches helps cure diseases....

Randy Haveson
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04 Nov, 2013

Generation RX: The Dangers of Teens...

Viewers cannot turn on the television today without a story depicting pop icon Michael Jackson and his un-timely...

Sherry Gaba, LCSW...
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04 Nov, 2013

Crystal Meth…… The Bulimia of...

Soccer, baseball, swimming, track, dance, gymnastics, cheerleading, ice skating, community service, school, grades,...

Dawn Smith-Theodore
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04 Nov, 2013

Prevalence and Reasons for...

I spent an hour today with a young woman who had not harmed herself for eight weeks.  She had not harmed herself, that...

Dustin Tibbitts
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04 Nov, 2013

It Happens to Boys, Too: It’s Our...

One in four boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. But we don’t often see these incidents reported within our...

Carol Teitelbaum
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23 Oct, 2013

It Happens to Boys, Too: It’s Our...

One in four boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. But we don’t often see these incidents reported within our...

Carol Teitelbaum
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02 Oct, 2013

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