Children Mental Health, Parenting, Teen Mental Health
What are Gifted Children Mental Health Problems? Gifted kids sometimes have problems that require the help of a therapist. Such children can be a mystery to parents and consult parenting handbooks isn’t always productive. For one thing, unless a parenting...
Children Mental Health, Parenting, Teen Mental Health
Teen Reactive Attachment Disorder According to J. Bowlby (1982), Attachment may be defined as a composite of behaviors in an infant, toddler, or young child that is designed to achieve physical and emotional closeness to a mother or preferred caregiver when the child...
Children Mental Health, Parenting, Teen Mental Health
Understanding Adolescent Risk Taking, Impulsivity, and Brain Development We’ve all done impulsive things in our lives and are familiar with adolescent risk taking. For some, it’s adding a dozen extra items in the check-out line at the grocery store. For others, it’s...
Children Mental Health, Parenting, Teen Mental Health
Understanding Oppositional Defiance in Children and Adolescents Parenting is challenging—more so if you are raising a child who is often angry, argumentative, and stubborn. In this case, you may need to know more about Oppositional Defiance in Children and...
Children Mental Health, Teen Mental Health
Understanding Phobias in Children According to Johns Hopkins University, everyone, from the youngest child to the oldest adult, experiences anxieties and fears at one time or another. Feeling anxious in a particularly uncomfortable situation never feels good. However,...
Children Mental Health, Parenting, Teen Mental Health
Children and Sports – Physical and Mental Health Benefits Why should children join sporting clubs and what are the physical and mental health benefits? A child’s physical and mental health benefits significantly from participation in sports, sports can be more than...
Children Mental Health, General, Teen Mental Health, TelePsychotherapy
Teen Suicide, Warning Signs and Risk Factors Teen suicide is a growing health concern. It is the second-leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24, surpassed only by accidents, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The tragedy of...
Children Mental Health, General, Teen Mental Health
Children and Video Games: Managing Video Game Addiction in Children Playing video games has become a popular activity for people of all ages. Video gaming is a multibillion-dollar industry bringing in more money than movies and DVDs. Children and adolescents can...