Children Mental Health, Parenting
Does your child talk at home or with friends but refuse to talk at school? A child with selective mutism (MS) will talk at some times and in some places, but not in others. This might start when your child goes to school. Sometimes, it starts when a child is younger....
Anxiety, Depression, Parenting
According to Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP), postpartum psychosis (PP) is a severe, but treatable, form of mental illness that occurs after having a baby. Postpartum psychosis (PP) is a rare illness, compared to the rates of postpartum depression or anxiety. It...
Children Mental Health, Parenting, Teen Mental Health
According to Mental Health America (MHA), mental health conditions can affect any person regardless of gender, age, health status, and income, and that includes people who have or want to have children of their own. Parenting is both greatly rewarding and a daunting...
Children Mental Health, Parenting
According to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), trauma, including one-time, multiple, or long-lasting repetitive events, affects everyone differently. Some individuals may clearly display criteria associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but many...
Children Mental Health, Parenting
According to Travis Langley, Ph.D., Dr. Janina Scarlet uses examples from television and movies to connect with students and therapeutic clients. According to Olga Khazan at The Atlantic, “Superhero Therapy” encourages people to think like their favorite movie...
Children Mental Health, General, Parenting
Brain Processing speed is a way of describing how the brain receives, understands, and responds to information. Not everyone thinks at the same pace. And while speed has nothing to do with how smart a child is, kids who struggle with slow processing speed may struggle...
Children Mental Health, General, Parenting
According to the London Journal of Primary Care, it is becoming increasingly clear that the origins of many children’s mental health problems lie in childhood. Family factors, including the quality of care that parents provide for their children, can make a huge...
Parenting, Teen Mental Health
According to the Child Mind Institute (CMI), many parents worry about how exposure to technology might affect toddlers’ developmentally and youth mental health. We know our preschoolers are picking up new social and cognitive skills at a stunning pace, and we do...