The Mental Health Crisis in American Girlhood
“We are in the midst of a pediatric mental health crisis,” warned Claire McCarthy, MD, on Harvard Health in March 2022. The latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only confirms this grim assessment. “As we saw in the 10 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
When Teens Present with Multiple Mental Health Conditions
It is not unusual for struggling teenagers receiving treatment to present with multiple conditions such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, self-harming, unaddressed trauma, and other mental health issues. Attempts to self-medicate the symptoms of underlying mental health disorders can lead to the misuse of addictive substances. The mentality of young people with substance […]
How COVID-19 Changed My Teen
The era of COVID-19 has challenged even the most resilient teens. This age group already had to deal with the pressures of school, socializing, and social media. Add to the mix a deadly virus, and it’s bound to push teens to their limits. You may sense your teen has changed and become more anxious or […]
How to Stop a Panic Attack
As the name implies, panic attacks involve sudden surges of terror, and they can happen under fairly mundane circumstances. You don’t need to be on a rollercoaster or in a physically threatening situation to experience a panic attack. You could be lying in bed, riding a bus, or sitting at a desk. Fortunately, you can […]
Severe Teenage Anxiety Most Likely Due To Overthinking
Worrying, Anxiety, And Overthinking Is your teenage daughter afflicted by severe anxiousness? Does she constantly worry about the future and feel uncertain about how her life will play out? Is your daughter a prisoner bound by her own mind? If so, tell her not to worry (pun intended). If your daughter is a clinic worrier, […]
The Importance Of Assessing Suicide Risk In Teenage Girls
Assessing Suicide Risk In Adolescents First and foremost, assessing the risk of suicide in a teenage girl should be EXCLUSIVELY conducted under the expertise of a fully licensed, therapeutic professional (psychotherapist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist etc.). That being the case, here at Turning Winds RTC, we suggest that parents of depressed teenage girls learn to be […]
Jellinek Curve
If your teen is involved with or abusing alcohol, it helps to know about the Jellinek Curve. Developed sometime in the 1940s and 1950s by researcher E. Morton Jellinek, this U-shaped curve generally illustrates the five progressive phases of alcoholism. Jellinek was able to determine predictable behaviors of alcoholics by surveying and analyzing the data […]
Teen Mental Health: The 5 Stages Of Healing
The 5 Stages of Healing The way we heal and recover is just like how we grieve—in stages. It helps to understand the stages of healing to understand what you, your teen, or another loved family member may be dealing with at the moment. As with grief, healing is rarely linear, and it all takes […]
Parent’s Guide to Teen Depression
Parenting is hard work. Although you may have barely survived your child’s toddlerhood or middle-school angst, the teen years are a new experience altogether. As a teenager, your child might be perfectly good-natured one day and moody, rebellious, or self-centered the next. With the teen years bringing increased societal pressures and changing hormones, these behaviors […]
Wendy Williams Talks Substance Abuse And Her Son
Talk show host Wendy Williams opens her show with blunt discussion on substance abuse You already know her for “Hot Topics”, but now popular talk show host Wendy Williams is discussing a new topic that is close to her and her family. Last Monday, the host revealed to her studio audience that her young 14-year-old […]
