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Q+A: Should I be nervous? My preschooler’s teacher recommended I have him evaluated for an anxiety disorder..
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…as poor school performance, social difficulties, depression, or family dysfunction. There is a lot of overlap between anxiety disorders, and children will typically meet criteria for more than one anxiety…

How Can Young People Combat Teen Loneliness?
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…detached from the world. What’s concerning about this is that research shows there are medical and psychological consequences of loneliness, including the following: Emotional fallout: depression and increased risk of…

Q+A: My child was diagnosed with ADHD and I don’t see problems at home. Why is school so tough for him?
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…present before age 12 years. If a child begins displaying these symptoms “out of the blue” in adolescence, they’d be attributed to something other than ADHD, such as depression, anxiety,…

Food and Behavior – It’s Complicated
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…show efficacy and are worth a try for kids or parents who haven’t responded to or are averse to taking medications for ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Changing Literature. Finally, the…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, featuring Susan Sprich, PhD – Shrinking It Down
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…(CBT) is one of the most evidence-based psychosocial treatments we have for mental health issues? Today, its use goes beyond treatment for anxiety disorders and depression to application for a…

What Does It Mean to Be “Gifted?”
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…to a fear of failure and, at worst, feelings of low self-esteem and depression. By definition, people who are gifted have above-average intelligence and/or superior talent for something, such as…

Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
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…with the means to move to warmer locations will do so more often if they appear to have a genetic vulnerability to depression and SAD. On the flip side, there’s…

Coping With the Wintertime Blahs (SAD) – Shrinking It Down
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…of year, a lot of folks feel pretty blah. And not just those with depression or other mental health disorders. It can affect anyone. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a…

Playing the Insurance Game: When Is Testing Covered?
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…pediatrician called in the request for testing authorization, she said, “I am requesting a full psychological evaluation to rule out major depression and generalized anxiety disorder.” This was much more…

Is Our Culture Skeptical of Mental Healthcare Itself?
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…telling someone who is paralyzed with depression that he suffers from a cultural construct. Others claim that psychiatric treatments are untested and unproven; try saying that to the millions of…

What If My Child Has an Anxiety Disorder?
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…separation anxiety, you’d be more inclined to see social anxiety in adolescents. Other anxiety-tinged syndromes, such as PTSD, depression and OCD, are the subject of different posts on this site….

New Year Resolutions: Tips to Focus on the Positive
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…scary times. Our kids and young adults are in the midst of a youth mental health epidemic with depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, substance use, and suicide skyrocketing. The causes postulated…

Short Days, Bad Moods: Seasonal Affective Disorder
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…if they appear to have a genetic vulnerability to depression and SAD. On the flip side, there is a body of literature showing that some people seem relatively psychologically immune…

How to Get a Core Evaluation Completed Through Your School District
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…private Catholic school in a neighboring town, received a full evaluation through her town’s public school system for possible learning problems and/or depression. One of her teachers then attended the…

A Closer Look at Anorexia Nervosa
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…fear of rejection. They are also prone to difficulties with mood regulation, and have a high risk of depression and anxiety. Beyond biology, social, psychological and family factors play a…

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