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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT): A Closer Look
Authored by: Ellen Braaten, PhD…friends, she answered, “I don’t have any because I just don’t fit in with those mean girls.” When asked about what kinds of plans she had after college, she replied,…
The Value of Being a Grandparent: 7 Ways to Support Your Grandchild’s Mental Health
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director…strain. Kids, especially teenagers, cost money for clothes, food, computers, sports equipment, cell phones, and much more. The costs of daycare, after school programs, and college tuition places a burden…
CBT Snapshot: Using Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
Authored by: Ellen Braaten, PhD…she had already started to worry about the college admission process. The worry caused her to have migraines and backaches. When she began having difficulty concentrating, she started to worry…
The Benefits of Music Therapy, ft. Marisabelle Díaz-Falcón, MPH, MT-BC – Shrinking It Down
Authored by: Khadijah Booth Watkins, Associate Director and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…Summer Playlist 2022 (MGH Clay Center) Music Therapy (Mass General for Children) Community Music Center of Boston (CMCB.org) Center for Music Therapy (Berklee College of Music) Trauma: What Parents Should…
Digital Vigilance and Our Kids
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director, Khadijah Booth Watkins, Associate Director, Steven Schlozman, MD and Holly Peek, MD, MPH…play three sports? Is it giving up friends? Is he giving up academics? Is he giving up prospects of going to college? Steve Schlozman, MD 17:25 So what we’re saying…
11 Self-Care Tips for Teens and Young Adults
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director…this as the sole or even most important source of the problem. Additional forces plaguing Gen Z and college-age millennials include worries about their future, from climate change to economic…
Is It Safe to Use Stimulants to Treat ADHD?
Authored by: Tim Wilens, MD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…kids who have a bone fide disability like ADHD, they really are a treatment, not an enhancement. And, for the college kids who buy stimulants to help them perform better…
Stimulants! Myths, Misconceptions & Managing the Shortage, feat. Anthony Rostain, MD, MA – Shrinking It Down
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director and Khadijah Booth Watkins, Associate Director…I also hear that people fake their ADHD to get medication. So they’ll, you know, you know, the typical one is college students who want to get you know, something…
Does My Child Have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? How Would I Know?
Authored by: Gene Beresin, Executive Director…important. Some have complained that ADHD is over-diagnosed in an effort to get kids (or college students) stimulants, one method of treating ADHD. Stimulants are actually pretty safe medications, as…
Contact Sports: Yes Or No?
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD…where the debate gets heated. I was actually discussing this with my old football coach, and he was incredulous. “Of course there are more concussions in college and the pros,”…
What If My Child Won’t Part With His Special Toy?
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MDThere was a common conversation that often happened when I was in college. “What,” we would ask each other, “was the name of the blanket you carried around when you…
When Is Getting a Firm Diagnosis Important?
Authored by: Ellen Braaten, PhD…and previous IEP support, but other times that’s not enough. In fact, the College Board is increasingly not granting extended time on tests without a specific, documented diagnosis. When you…
Why Does Play Matter?
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD…years, rats have had the misfortune of being laboratory animals with brains just big enough to be studied. In college, I lived in a co-op with a woman who practiced…
Over-Scheduled, Stressed-Out Families
Authored by: Nicole Wise, Alvin Rosenfeld, M.D., Steven Schlozman, MD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director…the next game lest they miss being recruited for college teams. Ironically, the net result of this professionalization of recreation is that, by age 13, nearly three-quarters of young athletes…
The Pain of Losing a Pet
Authored by: Steven Schlozman, MD…are just good at that kind of thing. And then I left for college. Patches was 11 years old by then. She’d slowed down a bit, and mostly just sat…
