November 12, 2018

Q+A: Once You Have Discovered Your Teen is Using Pot, What’s the Next Step?

Question: Once you have discovered your teen is using pot and confronted the teenager about it, what’s your recommended next step?

Answer: It’s not unusual to find out one way or another

November 8, 2018

Shrinking It Down: Gaming Disorder

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November 7, 2018

The Importance of Sleep for Kids’ Mental and Emotional Well-being

I have a confession to make. I rarely get enough sleep.

I know it’s important for me, but too often life gets in the way. I’m not alone.

October 29, 2018

Q+A: Are Behavioral Issues Among Kids as Common as They Seem?

Question: It seems like every child these days has some kind of problem. ADHD. Anxiety. Depression.

October 25, 2018

Shrinking It Down: Our Greatest Strengths, Part 2

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October 25, 2018

The World Series: A Metaphor For Life

My kids roll their eyes when I tell them that being a sports fan is a lot like life. This is probably because I say it too much.

But just look at our rhetorical metaphors.

November 12, 2018

Q+A: Once You Have Discovered Your Teen is Using Pot, What’s the Next Step?

Question: Once you have discovered your teen is using pot and confronted the teenager about it, what’s your recommended next step?

Answer: It’s not unusual to find out one way or another

October 25, 2018

The World Series: A Metaphor For Life

My kids roll their eyes when I tell them that being a sports fan is a lot like life. This is probably because I say it too much.

But just look at our rhetorical metaphors.

October 23, 2018

Five Parenting Rules for Coping with the Current Political Climate

It’s not like we needed the recent supreme court hearings to know that things right now are super-tense.

Still, those hearings certainly didn’t help.

October 10, 2018

We’re All Connected: What To Think About On World Mental Health Day

Today is World Mental Health Day.

I often find these kinds of distinctions a bit troublesome.

October 9, 2018

Gaming Disorder: Is It a Real Illness?

“He is playing games all the time. Every chance he gets! From the time he gets home until bedtime, he’s in his room on that computer. And spends almost no time with the family.

October 2, 2018

10 Important Steps for Parenting Young Athletes

Some parents on the sidelines at their children’s athletic events behave quite badly.

Also, the sun sets in the west.

August 28, 2017

Managing Back-To-School Stress

Hans Selye, a Hungarian scientist who was a pioneer in modern stress research, was quoted as saying:

“It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

July 18, 2017

What Is Anorexia Nervosa?

We at the Clay Center hope the information we share will be both informative and useful.

February 6, 2017

How To Talk To Kids About The Executive Order On Immigration

In child psychiatry, providing guidance on controversial issues is nothing new. There’s the routine stuff: screen time, and birth control, and curfews, and how much homework is maybe too much.

May 17, 2016

Should We “Grade” Character?

“Mom and Dad, can you help me study for my empathy final?”

This isn’t a snippet of dialogue from a dystopian novel where humans are forced to raise android children; it’s something y

March 6, 2017

The College Mental Health Crisis: A Call for Cultural Change – Part 2

Co-authors: Steven Schlozman and Eliza Abdu-Glass

This is the second blog post in a two-part series on college mental health in the United States.

November 8, 2018

Shrinking It Down: Gaming Disorder

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November 8, 2018

Shrinking It Down: Gaming Disorder

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October 25, 2018

Shrinking It Down: Our Greatest Strengths, Part 2

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October 18, 2018

How Scary Is Too Scary?

Intro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.Outro music arranged and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.

Here is my most vivid memory of Halloween as a child:

I’m 8 years old.

October 11, 2018

Shrinking It Down: The Death of a Pet

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Last season, we talked about the benefits of pets for our kids’ mental health.

June 14, 2018

Shrinking It Down: Our Greatest Strengths (Season 1, Episode 16)

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